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...Spending summer weekends at the spacious patio and pool is de rigueur for the Kabul social set, though conversations tend toward war stories rather than the latest charity ball. In fact, so central is L'Atmo to the lives of the Afghan capital's foreign community, Victor and Cressaty have opened a branch in Kabul's sandbag-ringed NATO compound. This is so that troops - who aren't allowed around town without a humvee escort - can get a decent meal with relative ease. To quote the restaurateurs' compatriot, Napoleon Bonaparte, "an army marches on its stomach." Dishes like L'Atmo...
...Vassanji's The Assassin's Song is a more complex but ultimately less satisfying examination of similar turf. The central character, Karsan, is destined to be the latest in a centuries-long familial line to inherit the Shrine of the Wanderer, an important place of Sufi worship in India's Gujarat state. But as a young man he falls out with his father and loses his faith, escaping to North America instead. When he returns, after the riots that ripped apart Gujarat in 2002, Karsan is forced to re-examine his beliefs, his family and himself...
...recent revision, unfairly discriminate against specific groups. For example, a 1995 study of the SAT showed that whites scored consistently higher than black and Hispanic students, and that the scores of all groups rise with family income. In 2007, the New York Times reported that the latest round of SAT scores continued to show a significant disparity between the scores of white, affluent students and their minority and low-income peers. In light of this data, we suspect that, despite the College Board’s assertions to the contrary, success on the SAT is likely correlated with factors other...
Over a year ago, the Cambridge City Council promised its residents the latest in technology convenience: city-wide wireless access. Exciting news for those of us who don’t have iPhones, and can’t give up on our aggressive Facebook stalking addiction. The City of Cambridge planned on installing a free wireless network for students, residents, and tourists alike. That was announced way back in February of 2006. What the hell happened? Very little. Almost no progress has been made in the Newtowne Court Housing Project and a small segment of Harvard Square in front...
...Burmese government admits that 10 people were killed in last week’s protests, although British and Australian officials say the real death toll is many times higher. Unfortunately, last week’s murders were only the latest in a long list of egregious human rights violations perpetrated by the junta. Well over 1,000 pro-democracy activists—including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi—are now being held in prison and under house arrest. Even more disconcertingly, the Burmese military has destroyed more than 200 villages in the ethnic-minority Karen...