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...which juxtaposed documentary footage of husbands beating their Islamic wives in the name of Allah and the same women praying, their bodies covered in verses from the Koran. In Islam, any visual portrayal of the prophet is blasphemous and last year, it seemed that the Dutch were too afraid of reprisals from Muslim fundamentalists for author Kåre Bluitgen to find an illustrator for his children’s book about Muhammad. A major Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten responded by publishing twelve “blasphemous” cartoons last September to “test whether fear...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: Clash of Civilisations | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

...COMPANY, YOU SEEM TO GO YOUR OWN WAY. YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE AFRAID TO TELL WALL STREET TO SHOVE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet The Google Guys | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...attention to what people think? You bet. During our interview, Brin pops out to look for the December copy of Wired. In 2004 the magazine had put him and Page on the cover with the adoring line GOOGLEMANIA! The recent cover, by contrast, includes the line GOOGLEPHOBIA: WHO'S AFRAID OF SERGEY? (WHO ISN'T?), touting an article about the enemies Google is making as it expands. Brin picks up the issue and shakes his head in dismay. "I find it surprising," he says. But that's what happens when you're No. 1, even if you're trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of The Real Google | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...bucket of water on my dad’s head. It was a total blast….I still have the tape of it somewhere.” Sam M. Johnson ’06-’07 “I liked ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark.’ There was one where a girl slowly changes into a doll, and loses the ability to move, and that horrified me for years. I don’t have a lot of memories of my childhood, but that’s definitely...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Prying Game: Nickelodeon | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...whom he has collaborated on an album to be released in the spring, loves the country. "I want to be Canadian. I want to move here. As soon as I can swing it, that's my big dream," she says. It may help that neither Thomas nor Cohen is afraid of the cold. "Everybody thinks it's crazy, but I love Montreal in the winter," Cohen says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Leonard Cohen Be Coaxed Back to Canada? | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

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