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Canadian Compares Marion Barry To Global Dictators

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry has been called many things during his tenure as a city leader. "Crackhead" might be the ...

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The Collapse of Israel's 'Periphery Doctrine': Popping Pipe(s) Turkey Dreams

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leon T. Hadar

The so-called Periphery Doctrine of forming alliance with non-Arab states in the periphery of the Middle East, with which Israel had not direct conflict, has been tossed into the dustbin of history.

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Family Resistance and Resilience: Beneath the Lion's Gaze

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nina Sankovitch

The beauty of Beneath the Lion's Gaze is in how author Maaza Mengiste portrays a very real family in all its complexity and strength, along with its opposing forces of cohesion and independence.

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