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...those ends, Iran has banned Baha'i administrative institutions, disrupted Baha'i children's classes, denied pensions, confiscated properties and denied Baha'is admission to universities. It is a bitter irony, not previously unknown to history, that the Iranian Baha'is whose religion's central teaching is love of humanity, should be the victim of this inhumane hatred. Iranian President Khatami's recent calls for a dialogue with the West and an opening of a strong and free civil society in Iran had fostered much optimism about Iran's future, even facilitating the reestablishment of relations with the United Kingdom...

Author: By Arash Abizadeh, | Title: Respecting Civil Rights in Iran | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Crimson decided instead to score seven goals in two games at Ohiri Field and capture the tournament title, sending Cornell, Northeastern and George Mason home bitter and unfulfilled. NORTHEASTERN 0 HARVARD 5 GEORGE MASON 1 HARVARD...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Thumps George Mason | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

That pattern left the impression that the American people treat constitutional matters as more sacred than the leaders to whom they are entrusted, and the debate on Thursday sealed it. The mood was grim and rash and deeply bitter. When House minority leader Richard Gephardt mentioned on the floor the Republican lust to poke their investigative Q-Tips into the cracks of everything from campaign finance to Travelgate to the FBI files, many Republicans forgot their instructions to be dignified and cheered, yelped "Yes!" and applauded. And when Gephardt later said, in true sorrow, that "our problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down In History | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...gasp) intelligent listeners, and the seductively quirky voice of lead singer Michael Doughty all melded together on Ruby Vroom to create nothing short of a miracle. Their second album, Irresistible Bliss, released in 1996, lost some of the momentum of Ruby Vroom (primarily because of the large number of bitter love ballads), although Soul Coughing found themselves a few steps closer to fame due mostly to the success of the upbeat, radio-friendly tune, "Super...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coughing Bears: Fracturing the Narrative and Other Misadventures | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...secret key to the present and the future. In the report, the curator calls Humerelli the "Monica of the day." He explains that the people of Nuzi were "throwing the book at a corrupt, a criminally corrupt, mayor" and says the museum was "keenly aware of a certain bitter irony." The article's ending makes the connection between the two scandals explicit: "So what happened to Kushshi-harbe, the alleged philandering leader of Nuzi? No tipoff to Clinton's fate there. The cuneiform tablet with the ruling has never been found...

Author: By Dara Horm, | Title: The Monica of Mesopotamia | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

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