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...thinks his machines can best aid the poor...
...African country - Ojok made a stunning escape. In 2000, four years after he was stolen away, he dove underwater as his unit crossed a fast-flowing river, which carried him to safety. "When I came back," he says now, "there was only welcome," first by government soldiers, then by aid workers from the American Christian organization World Vision, then finally by his mother and grandmother. When Ojok returned, however, he found both of his brothers had been abducted just months earlier...
Founded in 2001, the group has repeatedly applied for a permit, which is not required by law. Ebadi says the center received assurances from authorities that it could continue to operate. But it has irritated the government with attention-grabbing aid to victims of abuse, including Iran's most prominent dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji. Ebadi suspects that publication of her memoirs earlier this year may be what provoked the unexpected ban. "It may be difficult, but we will continue our activities," she said. "We are doing nothing illegal...
...strutting their fanciest Anglo-European accents. But even those may be devices of misdirection, little traps set by Neil Burger, the writer-director. It's not how Burger sets the stage; it's what he puts on it. Soon Norton slips into Eisenheim's skin and, with the aid of real-life master magicians Ricky Jay and Michael Weber, makes the enterprise soar--or, at any rate, levitate...
There is a possibility, however, that the shifting financial-aid priorities could result in a kind of virtuous mixing of the college gene pool. High-achieving kids are going to lesser-known schools and public institutions in greater numbers, drawn by the generous offers. They will inevitably bring higher academic standards with them. And lower-income communities are finding that their gifted kids can gain entry to the most expensive schools, perhaps helping pry open the austere gates of Harvard Yard a little wider in the process...