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...ruling Taliban militia will grasp a passerby's facial hair in their fist. If the beard is shorter than the Taliban's fist, the offender is publicly whipped. But next door in Iran, Shi'ite Muslims believe that according to the Koran, a beard can be a stubbly 1 cm long. Nawaz Sharif, whose chin is cherub-smooth, was asked if he too would grow a beard. No, he replied, nor will women in Pakistan be forced to veil themselves or stay indoors. Some women are skeptical. "It's a terrible thing. We are already practicing Muslims," says Rashida Patel...
...shot and killed an unarmed fleeing man. Richard Bachellor died as his wife and three-year-old son looked on. In 1994 a grandmother of 13 was picked up--kidnapped, in effect--by bounty hunters as she sat on the steps of her Manhattan home. Jrae Mason was 13 cm taller and weighed considerably less than the fugitive, and looked nothing like her photograph. Bounty hunters handcuffed her, and thus began a five-day escapade that ended with Mason's being turned over to the sheriff in Tuscaloosa, Ala. When she turned out to be the wrong person, the bondsman...
...bust of President Adams' head and torso by J.B. Binon was given to Harvard in 1819 for the College's Philosophy Room by the Hon. John Davis. It measures approximately 66 cm by 50 cm. The plaster itself is very light, oney said, which may have facilitated its removal from the library...
...paid off as well. Patients are much more conscious today of cancer's early warning signs--and more likely to go in for regular Pap smears and prostate exams. Those tests, meanwhile, have become exquisitely sensitive. Breast cancers, for example, can now be spotted when they are only 2 cm in size, compared with 3 cm a few years ago. "The smaller the cancer," says Harmon Eyre, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, "the better the chances of survival...
...Sony CM-RX100 Dimensions: 3.6" X 2.5" X 1.1" Weight: 6.9 oz. Price: $499.95 Phone...