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...NCAA, by banning 18 schools with “hostile or abusive” mascots from postseason play last August, is the true instigator of this complaint. The update issued by the organization in late April indicates that six offenders, including North Dakota and Illinois (Fighting Illini), remain, four, including Florida State and Utah, have been excused, five have changed or are changing their nicknames, and four linger under some form of review. Harper and Dartmouth’s athletic department are falling in step with the attitude of the self-righteous NCAA (don’t get me started...
...accounts are automatically entered in a lucky draw for cars, TVs, gold jewelry and other prizes. It may sound more like a lottery than a savings account, but no fees are charged, and customers can withdraw their money any time after three months. Since the program launched in August, Azizi has drawn $20 million in Qismat deposits alone, capital that it can in turn lend to its less religious banking customers, at a profit. "That's another $20 million mobilized in the economic cycle of the country," says Dayani. "People are coming who have never seen a bank before. They...
...Democrats, and even a few Republicans, who regarded him as too confrontational for the job, and he was unable to win support in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Bush first nominated him last year. Rather than accept that rejection, however, the President gave Bolton a "recess" appointment in August 2005, allowing him to take up the high-profile U.N. post without Senate approval...
...Gordon began his argument by saying that all his plaintiff, Crystal Meredith, wanted to do was walk her son around the block to kindergarten. But Justice Ginsburg quickly interrupted with a question that suggested this entire case might not have been necessary: Why had Meredith waited until August, four months after the March deadline, to submit her choice of school? "I think she was living in Florida," Gordon said. The lawyer representing the school district did not challenge Meredith's standing to represent all parents of Jefferson County students. Instead, he used Meredith to counter the Solicitor General's claim...
Hizballah also accuses Siniora's ministers of secretly siding with Israel and the U.S. by failing to provide backup during the July-August war with Israel. With its massive street demonstrations, Hizballah hopes to intimidate the country's other parties into giving it more than the six Cabinet seats it had held, enabling it to block any legislation seen as contrary to the interests of Hizballah and its backers in Damascus and Tehran...