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...grownup world of realpolitik is all about compromise and lesser evil and deals with the devil in pursuit of limited objectives; it's simply na?ve to imagine that principle tops expedience in the pursuit of national security objectives . Still, it's worth asking - as the Israelis have done over Hamas - whether it was possible, in the 1980s, to visualize the long-term consequences of the "Arab Afghan" program. If we focus only on an immediate objective and our sense of history is measured in months, we may, unfortunately, be doomed, sooner or later, to repeat...
...Whitney Biennial. You love a show that gives you, every two years, an opportunity to bemoan the state of art today, all those craven dealers, politically correct curators and jejune, salacious, hectoring artists. Well, good news: the 2004 edition of the Biennial is now open. With 108 mostly lesser-known contributors from around the U.S., it is sure to have something to make your skin crawl. But there are also those rare things, artists worth looking at. Here are three...
...really just here to have some fun and let Bush know that he can’t just roll into Boston and not expect to face any opposition,” said Eric P. Lesser ’07, a member of the College Dems...
...even the play’s lesser performances are interesting enough to keep the audience halfway involved, anticipating the next interesting light cue or richly wan aside. Roberto Zucco isn’t a worthwhile play, but this shrewd and well-intentioned company has made an agreeable production...
...transfixed the French ever since. Defense lawyers asked the Vilnius court to accept a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of four years. The trial was attended by relatives and former partners of both Cantat and Trintignant. Cantat's ex-wife testified that her former husband was a "gentle man" who had never been violent. But Trintignant's mother, movie director Nadine Trintignant, told the court Cantat was a "murderer" and that she did not believe his expressions of regret. The judges will hear a final statement from Cantat this week. Special...