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...Widespread irrational belief does not bode well for a democracy that depends on the informed intelligence of the citizenry for sound government and an efficient economy. Lawrence Cranberg Austin, Texas, U.S. Eyes on Iran Joe Klein's column " Iran's Pragmatic Face" [May 30] referred to former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as "a dealmaking pragmatist [who] may push to repair ties with the U.S. " Viewing Rafsanjani as pragmatic is dangerous, since that is an example of seeing the political landscape of totalitarian countries through the U.S.'s democratic eyes. Rafsanjani is pragmatic in comparison with Iran's Supreme...
...boys, with some affection, call their school "the box." It is an acknowledgment that their modern, gray concrete building with 36 classrooms and a basketball court is both protection and containment. Outside the box, says senior Ali Fadhli, there are "problems." He means temptation - and bigotry. The temptation is sex and the way the culture outside the box is saturated with it. "That's why Islam has repentance," he says with a laugh. The bigotry is from fellow American citizens who the students believe are watching them with suspicion. Since 9/11, "there's been extra pressure on them," says Hanan...
...about his own American Dream, a 15-year-old wrote that the occupied territories should be returned to the Palestinians and "the Jews should be left to suffer." More often, however, Universal's students feel resentment about being stereotyped, both in the media and on the streets. To senior Ali Fadhli, the Fox TV show 24, which had a plot this season about a Muslim terrorist cell, is "obnoxious," he says. "America has moved on to a new enemy. We're treated now like the Russians were during the Cold War." Being teenagers though, perhaps the worst slight...
After comedian Sacha Baron Cohen—known by his stage name Ali G.—left some audience members uneasy last year with his off-color jokes on topics such as marijuana and sex, Harvard administrators encouraged this year’s Senior Class Committee to invite a speaker who would appeal to a cross-generational audience, according to committee members...
...Bulldogs’ Sarah Love’s had an impressive 48 saves to one-up her Harvard counterpart. At the time, Harvard’s goalie situation was still up in the air as sophomore Emily Vitt and junior Ali Boe traded starts...