Word: governmentã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...makes strange bedfellows. The coming conflict is no exception: the American government??s determination to strike back at those responsible for the atrocities of Sept. 11 has led it to seek out new, unlikely allies. In order to accomplish our military goals in Afghanistan, our armed forces require permission to overfly several Asian nations. The military also needs secure ground space for headquarters and rescue and supply teams. This area of the world, however, is not among the more hospitable regions to American interests, and our nation has found itself cajoling, coercing and negotiating with various states...
...proposed measures include strengthening the government??s power to wiretap telephones and to conduct search and seizure operations, as well as a proposal that would require everyone in the United States to carry identity cards. These so-called “smart cards” could contain travel logs or even fingerprinting information. Supposedly the government would use these identity cards to track suspected terrorists within the United States...
Murphy—whose father-in-law, Hale Champion, was Harvard’s vice president for finance—has plenty of ideas about how to improve the city government??s notoriously bad relationship with the University. Murphy also received an education on University dealings from Champion, he says...
...their musical heritage. Thomas Mapfumo created his own tradition in Zimbabwe, where he is credited with originating “Chimurenga” music, the music of the Zimbabwean Liberation struggle. Recently forced to leave Zimbabwe after releasing Chimurenga Explosion last year, an album that specifically criticised the government??s mismanagement of the country, Mapfumo has been touring the United States for several months, playing with a considerably downsized band from the nearly 20 piece ensemble he headed in Zimbabwe. During a career spanning over 20 years, Mapfumo has reached the summit of acclaim in Zimbabwe...
...first I wondered why I could not fully embrace our nation’s call for revenge, our government??s vow to hunt down those responsible and then to punish them. It just felt strange, and I asked my roommate, “Haven’t enough people died today...