You must train yourselves to be aware, instinctively, of all the differences of the people around you," Cresk-Sar went on, giving a low laugh-bark, "if only to know whom it is safe to jostle in the corridors.

Though Bohlin had run her campaign with a focus on limiting alcohol and outlawing traditional Swedish snuff, Hägglund stated in a speech two weeks after the elections that he wanted to "prohibit the prohibitions" and spoke about the difference between the values of the "people of reality" and the left-wing cultural elite.

This is not a time to explore the tribal mixtures and tropical differences of the people in Northern Somalia whether it is Awdal, Somaliland, Khaatumo or Puntland.

"When Crown Heights happened I thought that it was so graphic, the differences of the people were so graphic," said Ms. Smith, whose Public Theater performances are now scheduled to run through Aug. 2, except for a break between June 28 and July 7.