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...Though pleased with the breakthrough, the affair is troubling for Moroccans. Terrorism and religious extremism is rare in the Kingdom, the only notable violence in recent years coming in an isolated attack on a Marrakech hotel by French Muslim militants of Algerian origin that killed two Spanish tourists in 1994. But given the ease with which the al Qaeda operatives slipped into the country, officials fear that other cells may be operating as well. Moreover, they are concerned that al Qaeda may be receiving assistance from local radicals who are sympathetic to but not part of Bin Laden's network...
...more than 50,000 funerals a year, and shopkeepers are more likely to sell sandalwood logs, incense and tinsel garlands?the paraphernalia of death?than savory samosas. It takes about three hours to burn a body, and the cost can be prohibitive, usually starting at $200 for a modest affair. Whole streets are dedicated to the selling of shrouds and the influx of tourists has spawned a new school of opportunists. Papu, a self-appointed guide to the Hindu rituals of death, walks visitors through the ceremony, then earnestly describes the karmic benefits of giving $10 to a widow with...
...with a humor and affection one might not expect from a narrator who confesses, "I was desperate to shed my tribal traditions." That process begins at Mandalay University, where he studies his first love, English literature, and meets his second, a feisty student called Moe. Instinctively, they keep their affair secret. She is a Burman, the nation's dominant ethnic group, some of whose members believe the government- propagated myth that "backward" tribes like the Padaung are cannibals. His family would have been equally shocked at his interest in a woman from "the land of green ghosts"?the Padaung name...
...began at the start of March in Harvard’s first round ECAC tournament series against the Brown Bears. In a 4-1 Game One win, Grumet-Morris turned back a relatively routine 22 shots. But in Game Two’s marathon double overtime affair, he stopped 31 shots, matching Brown’s Yann Danis, who stood on his head for the full...
Suzy Wetlaufer ’81 announces her resignation from the Harvard Business Review after two months of controversy surrounding her affair with former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. Wetlaufer was profiling Welch for an article in the Review...