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...with Muslims, anyway. For others, on the left, the Dec. 11 riot could be sheeted home to what they see as the federal government's demonization of Middle Eastern people, beginning with the "Tampa" election campaign of 2001 and continuing with its spirited defense of the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, Australia's participation in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and draconian antiterrorism legislation. These people scoffed at Prime Minister John Howard's statement that the riot didn't expose racist sentiments among white Australians. In the middle are millions of citizens horrified by the hatred they've seen...
...Adams House. Those less well off lived in the Yard in buildings that would be condemned today; they did not even have plumbing. Many students commuted from Boston. The social discrepancy was so bad that a New York Daily Post writer labeled Harvard a “social orphan asylum.” While University President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, had been content to let private business solve the housing problem, Lowell felt that something had to be done, and so he set about planning the House system...
...case. "It's very clear that in engaging cases he wouldn't start with the result and work his way backwards," says Michael Stein, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School who clerked for Alito from 1990 to 1991. In the case of an Iranian woman seeking political asylum in 1993 because of her feminist views, Alito affirmed that feminist opinions in general could constitute political statements for which a woman could reasonably fear persecution. But he rejected her bid for asylum, ruling that she did not prove she would be singled out for her beliefs...
...Emmylou Harris Cowgirl's Prayer (Asylum). In her 22nd album country music's hippest traditionalist turns to God as the best part of life: wise parent, firm friend, ultimate beau. This sheaf of fine songs, intimate readings and delicately powerful melodies makes divine love sound like a kiss in the back of a pickup. If there's a honky-tonk in heaven, Harris will be the star act on stage...
...However, even though Alito supported the general idea that feminist thought could be a basis for seeking political asylum, he denied the woman's request to stay in the U.S., ruling she had not made the case that she specifically would be singled out by Iranian authorities, one of the keys to an asylum request. Says Demleitner: "It showed to me his incredible compassion but his effort to issue a fair opinion within the law [that he had to work with...