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Specter of Iraq haunts Tony Blair
March 11, 2004Iraq has become Banquo’s ghost at the feast for Tony Blair, but unlike Macbeth, this time Blair cannot see the ghost and everyone else can. Despite trying to shift the agenda of British politics back to...
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Leftist seeks Salvadoran presidency
March 11, 2004As El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election draws closer, recent polls indicate that Schafik Handal, the candidate of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), has a chance of winning the presidency. Handal, 73, is the...
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Confronting grief with prayer and struggle
March 5, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. – Lee Hamilton wears two buttons. Standing like many other working-class guys, with hands in his jeans’ pockets, sporting a sweatshirt and baseball cap emblazoned with “Meat Cutters Union,” he wore one small United...
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OutKast: Call it South Side Story
March 5, 2004Review Andre 3000’s The Love Below gang and Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx crew – a hip-hop version of the Jets and Sharks – will square off in a contemporary retelling of the classic musical “West Side Story.”...
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Bertoluccis The Dreamers Paris 1968, NYC 2004
March 5, 2004Movie review Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci’s new film, “The Dreamers,” is an amazing film that every generation of moviegoer and political activist can enjoy and learn from. This world-renowned director combines intense interpersonal relations with...
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