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Every conflict has its signature medium. The Civil War gave birth to war photography. World War II provided radio's finest hour. The Vietnam War became the bright shining moment of network TV news. The Gulf War made CNN a worldwide brand...
...Canada and she was elevated to the governor’s office in April, it was revealed that she and her husband had lied on their marriage license about how many ex-wives he had. She also gained nationwide attention when she became the first state governor to give birth while in office in May, sparking debates about the role of women and mothers in politics...
...last summer, as Kofi Annan sipped a beer and watched the sun set over Ghana, the land of his birth, he began reflecting on the men he had encountered in the palaces, fortresses and official homes that hold the leaders of the world. On the whole, he observed, they weren't particularly nice people. There were exceptions, of course--and he listed a few favorites--but by and large the act of rising to a position of high political power, he said, demanded a willingness to put ambition before humanity. Annan stopped for a moment and stared off into...
...where security is really handled in Indonesia, the situation varies considerably. In Bali security is handled more by village governing groups, called banjars, than by the police or army. A banjar is usually made up of around 200 families. The group handles all social functions throughout life from birth through marriage, children, to death and cremation. We live in a fairly large village or town, probably with a population of 7,000 to 10,000. Within our village there are 9 banjars. Balinese banjars are famous for delivering village justice on the spot, including shotgun weddings and death by bludgeoning...
...lack of a practical business curriculum has made his time here something of a stalling period. Idziak probably would have recruited right out of high school if he could have. “I would enjoy [business] classes more than a class on Charlemagne and the Birth of Medieval Civ., but I know that I will get that business education in a job,” he says. “My mom says the only thing I’m learning how do to at college is think...