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...emerges of a cold-blooded killer trying to reinvent himself as a quasi-religious leader. He wants to be seen as a deeply spiritual Muslim whose actions are driven by a desire to save Islam from attacks from external and internal enemies, according to those sources. The most striking aspect of that transformation is al-Zarqawi's attempt to mimic the sirah, or lifestyle, of the Prophet. Those who have seen al-Zarqawi in the past year say he constantly uses the written histories of the Prophet's life, known collectively as the Hadith, to copy the way he spoke...
...Saller, Brinkley is more involved in the tenure process than Columbia’s president, who receives Brinkley’s recommendations but does not participate in ad hoc committee meetings.Martin, the senior adviser to the dean, points out the ad hoc nature of the committee as a controversial aspect of Harvard’s appointment process when compared to standing committees at other institutions.At Stanford University, tenure cases advance from the provost to a university-wide advisory committee called the University Advisory Board, says Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Megan W. Pierson. The president approves a positive recommendation from...
...with the assistance of the renowned, though reclusive, Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) and the people living in her community. In fact, former bullies, neighborhood vagrants, and her once-neglectful family also help coach her for the bee. The support of her community is their redeeming attribute and an inspirational aspect of the movie.Much of “Akeelah and the Bee” is based upon Akeelah’s inability to fit in anywhere. Although, she is far more intelligent than her peers in Crenshaw, she is noticeably less sophisticated than her cohorts at the bees. During her journey...
...only way I found out about her was at his funeral, when my mother told me about her. She and I had a very interesting conversation when she was named National Security Advisor - I maintained that my father would have agreed in the importance of a moral aspect to American foreign policy. He approved of the idea that America is a special place and we have moral responsibilities. But I don't know whether he would feel positive about the moralistic approach this Admininstation has taken to foreign policy. I kid with her that I think I channel with...
...TIME of his meeting at the Durham Police Department. "I don?t want to look like I?m on the side of the defense only. I want to look like I?m an honest person." Mostafa said he told investigators (who would not comment on the interview or any aspect of the case) that he does believe it was Reade Seligmann, and another unknown player, that he picked up at the party house at 12:19 a.m. on the morning of March 14. He told investigators he dropped the pair off at 12:40 a.m. at a dorm on campus...