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...meters higher or buy another lion cub, this one in darker brown, perhaps, to match that Gucci purse. They're blithely unaware, for example, that when Qari Shafiqur Rehman, a Koranic teacher with burning eyes and a coal-black beard, walks by a McDonald's and sees these affluent Karachiites chowing down their Happy Meals, he feels "a deep rage" rising within himself. Rehman also belongs to Sipah-e-Sabah, an outlawed extremist group associated with a string of killings and bombings across the city, so his fury should be taken seriously...
...itself. Morocco has long tried to occupy a middle ground between its European and North American allies on one side and the conservative, Islam-dominated societies of fellow Arab countries. Now Moroccans fear they may have the worst of both worlds: the strain of jihadist militancy rooted in the affluent nations of the Middle East, and the vast, economically stricken populations from which al-Qaeda networks have so effectively recruited in the West. Investigations last week into the five kamikaze attacks that rocked Morocco's economic capital revealed the 15 terrorists involved were all native sons - 20 to 24- year...
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino is entirely right when he calls for higher PILOT payments in these tough economic times. Similarly, city leaders in Washington D.C.—where Harvard owns the vast, tax-exempt Dumbarton Oaks in extremely affluent Georgetown—are considering the University as a potential source of revenue...
...away. But rather than shifting an extra burden on students, HSA is providing an alternative solution that benefits all students. The College can help encourage this alternative and inject fairness into the business-run storage system by allocating funds for storage financial aid—helping interested but less-affluent students pay for this vital storage alternative. The money could be apportioned on the basis of both financial status and distance of permanent residence from Cambridge. The College already uses geographic criteria to award similarly small amounts of aid to students from warmer climates who need to buy winter jackets...
...second candidate interviewed, Claudia L. Bach, is currently Superintendent of Schools in Andover, Mass., a small, mostly-affluent district near Boston which boasts high scores on the MCAS, the standardized test required of all Mass. high schoolers...