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...group born out of the belief that Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist majority will never treat the country's mostly Hindu Tamil minority as equals or give them the autonomy they long for. Since independence in 1948, "all the agreements we have reached have been torn up and thrown into the dustbin," L.T.T.E. Peace Secretariat secretary-general Pulee Devan told TIME by phone from the Tigers' jungle base in Kilinochchi, in the north. "Fifty years' experience has dictated to us that there is no big difference who is in power in the capital. They have all failed to deliver...
...fact, Einstein tended to be more critical of debunkers, who seemed to lack humility or a sense of awe, than of the faithful. "The fanatical atheists," he wrote in a letter, "are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who--in their grudge against traditional religion as the 'opium of the masses'-- cannot hear the music of the spheres...
...game against Holy Cross was postponed yesterday with the threat of rain looming over O’Donnell Field. But the teams will not have to wait very long to play each other, as today the tarp will be rolled off and the first pitch will be thrown at 3 p.m. The Crimson (6-10, 2-2 Ivy) is looking to tune up for this weekend’s two double-headers against Ancient Eight foes Princeton and Cornell. Harvard has been inconsistent in the early stages of the season, splitting its first four conference games last weekend in twinbills...
...turns violent and moving, the book includes tales of a hapless jobbing magician who can't help conjuring up severed rabbits' heads at birthday parties, a dithering hard-boiled hit man, and the goddess Venus working as an office temp. Thrown into the mix alongside a clutch of tragically distant fathers is a string of treacherous girlfriends - one of whom demands her beau deliver her the heart of his mother, to prove his love...
Clayton’s opponent may have thrown in the towel because Santa Clara’s victory was already sealed at that point...