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AFGHANISTAN Fighters and Leaders Look to the Future The military assault on the Taliban moved into a decisive phase as the U.S. stepped up air attacks and deployed around 1,000 ground troops to close in on Kandahar and the underground bunkers possibly sheltering al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. As U.S. Marines went into combat for the first time and a Russian Emergencies Ministry team flew into the capital, the cia confirmed that one of its agents was among those killed during a three-day revolt by Taliban prisoners at a compound near Mazar-i-Sharif. Human-rights groups...
...American commanders may be getting ready to boost the number of U.S. forces inside Afghanistan to hunt down their two biggest prey and prevent Taliban fighters from going underground. Last week some 1,500 Marines at Forward Operating Base Rhino fanned out across swaths of southern Afghanistan, blocking the escape routes of stray Taliban forces, and Centcom said U.S. ground forces exchanged gunfire with Taliban forces around Kandahar. Deploying a bigger U.S. combat force now would pose political risks, not least the possible opposition of members of the newly picked interim government who don't like the idea of foreign...
...images. However, for Pop artists, these images became art for art’s sake. While Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol replicated images of consumer culture, rock and roll’s rebellion turned inwards toward the self. Studio 54’s house band, the Velvet Underground, took introspection to its apex, while No Wave bands would perform audienceless in the New York streets as firm proponents of music for music’s sake. Towards the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 80s, self-satirizing disco, new wave and Pop artists began...
Comprised of MCs Prevail and Madchild, Swollen Members have created a notable underground following in the California rap circuit, and managed to become one of three groups affiliated with the Rock Steady Crew—Dilated Peoples and The Arsonists round out the triumvirate...
Though not really an underground newspaper, our flavor was decidedly more relaxed than the daily Crimson. But our stories were some of the best writing published on campus. The most popular weekly feature was the movie page, written by Mark T. Whitaker ’79, now editor of Newsweek. His talent, precise prose, and personality stifled any editorial inclinations to tamper, but we all benefited from his freedom. For some of the less-talented rest of us, this freedom could be problematic. I wrote a column and, pulling rank, overruled my editor on several points. In the clear light...