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...Trouble in Kashmir also works for Pakistan. While President Pervez Musharraf publicly denounces militant incursions from his side of the border, it would be political suicide for him to denounce their aims. Nor does the Pakistani President's rhetoric blind anyone to the memory that in 1999 he commanded the operation to seize strategic passes in the mountains of Kargil on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LOC). Moreover Musharraf's announcements of a crackdown on the militants ring more than a touch hollow. While five insurgent groups have been banned and bank accounts have been frozen, some...
Admissions decisions are made in a need blind process, compensating for the economic inequalities that for most of this country’s history made higher education a privilege of the wealthy. Housing assignments are randomized, creating residential communities of mixed race and ethnicity, interests and creeds. And rules are drawn—rules regarding freedom of speech and gender equity, personal integrity and, yes, sexual assault...
Children on the autistic spectrum, however, are "mind blind"; they appear to think that what is in their mind is identical to what is in everyone else's mind and that how they feel is how everyone else feels. The notion that other people--parents, playmates, teachers--may take a different view of things, that they may harbor concealed motives or duplicitous thoughts, does not readily occur. "It took the longest time for Tommy to tell a lie," recalls Pam Barrett, and when he finally did, she inwardly cheered...
...start planning for a life of posts: post-graduation, post.harvard.edu, postpartum depression, post office, Post cereal—and the list goes on. Some seniors are taking this whole transition thing in stride. They are genuinely excited for futures filled with jobs, rent payments, car payments, kitchenettes and blind dates. These seniors are what I like to call masochistic freaks. Sure, there are some things about college life that I’d gladly give up, Boston weather and cinderblock décor being #1 and #2, but beyond that, Harvard has done me pretty well...
...family has become increasingly difficult to contact; both phone lines and mail services are no longer working. Just last month, however, she traveled to Israel with her father, and together they went to meet the Khatibs, a meeting Laura called “the world’s craziest blind date.” Despite initial awkwardness, she reports that it went well; it ended with the passing of a hookah, which she couldn’t help but see as a symbolic peace pipe...