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...lunch last year with another fomer vice president, Walter F. Mondale, a few students felt that it was appropriate to turn up, albeit 50 minutes late, in exercise clothes as “they had just come from the Mac.” That Harvard students should feel comfortable sandwiching—if you’ll pardon the pun—such a lunch between a workout and a section is a sign of how spoiled...
...Frank’s second wife, Gussie. Karlin succeeds in conveying the conniving qualities of a superficial, obnoxious and conceited actress. As the play unfolds, she turns back from a past-her-prime star to a dangerous sexpot, and Karlin is always on the right, albeit detestable, note...
Around the Islamic world, women are scoring other victories, small and large. Iran's parliament recently compromised with conservative clerics to allow a single young woman to study abroad, albeit with her father's permission. Bangladesh passed legislation increasing the punishments for crimes against women, including rape, kidnapping and acid attacks. Egypt has banned female circumcision and made it easier for women to sue for divorce. In Qatar women have the right to participate in municipal elections and are promised the same rights in first-ever parliamentary balloting scheduled to take place by 2003. Bahrain has assured women voters...
Around the Islamic world, women are scoring other victories, small and large. Iran's parliament recently compromised with conservative clerics to allow a single young woman to study abroad, albeit with her father's permission. Bangladesh passed legislation increasing the punishments for crimes against women, including rape, kidnapping and acid attacks. Egypt has banned female circumcision and made it easier for women to sue for divorce. In Qatar women have the right to participate in municipal elections and are promised the same rights in first-ever parliamentary balloting scheduled to take place by 2003. Bahrain has assured women voters...
...inconvenient,” he said, “but we got back here alive and in one piece, albeit a little late...