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Hooray to TIME for outing the shameful continued segregation of schools as the most underreported story of 2009. As a retired schoolteacher in South Carolina, I have witnessed firsthand how lack of resources and funding can lead to this type of segregation. Although we have certainly come a long way since the 1960s, it is critical that we remember we still have a long path ahead...
...Although its 1996 constitution expressly forbids slavery, South Africa has no stand-alone law against human trafficking in all its forms. Aid groups estimate that some 38,000 children are trapped in the sex trade there. More than 500 mostly small-scale trafficking syndicates - Nigerian, Chinese, Indian and Russian, among others - collude with South African partners, including recruiters and corrupt police officials, to enslave local victims. The country's estimated 1.4 million AIDS orphans are especially vulnerable. South Africa has more HIV cases than any other nation, and a child sold into its sex industry will often face an early...
Fifteen minutes into the period, the Crimson got on the scoreboard. Co-captain Kathryn Farni fed a pass to junior Liza Ryabkina, who put a shot on goal. Although Colgate goalie Lisa Plenderleith stopped the initial shot, Ryabkina picked up her own rebound, skated around the net, and lifted her second shot into the high left corner...
...Although Harvard kept the defensive pressure on, Colgate broke up Kessler’s clean sheet with less than seven minutes left in the game. Raider Krista Dermott skated the puck up the right side and beat Kessler to make the final score...
...that was a real departure from The Queen. Yes, it was a big departure from The Queen. Although, not altogether. The madam of the brothel is very much the queen bee of her world - the queen of that world. So there was a kind of similarity...