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...there are many others on death row who continue to profess their innocence. Women doing time for murder in Baghdad live in a single 10-bunk cell in Khadamiyah Women's Prison in the northern part of town near the Tigris River. There waits Zayneb, a brown-haired woman in her late 20s wearing a black head scarf, convicted in September of conspiring with her husband to murder three relatives. The judge gave her three death sentences, one for each relative who was murdered. She says she didn't have anything to do with their deaths. She has only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secrets of Iraq's Death Row | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...spartan cells are designed to keep inmates from hurting themselves--and their guards. Each 7- or 8-ft. by 12-ft. space contains a molded concrete bunk, stool and desk; a steel shower, sink and toilet, and a small black-and-white TV encased in Plexiglas to prevent tampering. At one end of the cell is a solid steel door, and a small vestibule--for the use of guards when they enter--separated from the living quarters by steel bars. There is one 4-in. by 4-ft. window. Rudolph's is over his bed, looking out on the prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Bomber Row | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...glance through the gallery’s comment book indicates that other exhibits have drawn the ire of Mather residents as well. One comment reads, “NOT what I want to see after eating.” Another says, “This stuff is bunk.” Musser attributes some of this controversy to the previous director’s artistic vision, adding that the current director, Boston artist Lance Keimig, “is much more focused on the architecture of Three Columns.” “I’m not specifically...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IR-Land Comes to Three Columns | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

...Tropez, or the Algarve are now exploring more exotic locales such as Thailand and Vietnam, and thereby extending Europe's reach beyond the acknowledged borders. And, at least officially, places like Morocco are thrilled at the prospect. To encourage investment, the kingdom offers foreign pensioners a tremendous incentive to bunk down in Morocco at least half the year: 80% tax relief on money placed in Moroccan investments or bank accounts. Just how significant is that? "The money we save on taxes pays for nearly an entire year of rent here," marvels Max Ferrero, 69, who operated a string...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Place In The Sun | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...Graduate School of Education—Currier students have an opportunity to finally break free from the suffocating lasciviousness that previously defined them. With narrower mattresses, Currier can stand as an equal with such greats as Dunster, Winthrop, and Lowell, whose residents maintain celibacy by sleeping in wobbly bunk beds wedged into walk-through triples. If the river houses hope to maintain their scholarly edge over the formerly unbridled Currierites, they will need to invest in their own spoon-free mattresses. In the meantime, Currier residents must keep in mind: it’s not 33.5 inches thin...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Narrow Proposition | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

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