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...women who worry that their soon-to-be ex-husbands will lowball their savings in divorce court. "Before, women wouldn't fight for their share because they were so embarrassed about divorce," he says. "But it's a material world now." Zhang is no exception. His fees for a basic case are $1,500, roughly half what an average Shanghai resident earns in a year...
...from the regular social scene at Harvard—going to a room and listening to some crappy rock music,” McEachern said. The night began with Garba, a traditional form of dance from Northern India, performed in concentric circles. “Once you get the basic leg moves down, you can add your own flare with your hands,” said Louis K. Kang ’09. The next dance style on the music playlist was Raas, in which dancers hold striped sticks, clacking them together while moving in parallel lines or circles...
...that students are affected by religion and should think critically about it. As the report states, “These courses are not prescriptive: their aim is to help students understand the interplay between religious and secular institutions, practices, and ideas.” This apparent exclusion of the basic principles of religion from the reason and faith requirement makes it seem that the general education report is holding religion to a different standard than the other fields. Instead of teaching students religious principles, reason and faith courses will “help students understand the interplay between religious...
...What was noticeably missing in those categories was anything that looked like preparing people for citizenship by giving them an understand of basic economic principles,” Maier Professor of Political Economy Benjamin M. Friedman said...
...missteps, in the view of his critics, began when Abizaid took over from Franks in July 2003, two months after the infamous "end of major combat operations" speech by President George Bush. Among those mistakes: failing to keep enough troops in Iraq in the fall of 2003 to establish basic security; allowing the disbanding of the Iraq Army and de-Baathification; missing the first signs of a growing insurgency; and failing to replace commanders who couldn't adapt to fight the insurgency, including Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former top ground commander in Iraq who was allowed to quietly retire...