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Weddings anywhere are famous for the hassle, but nuptials in Iran, where young couples confront the myriad social restrictions imposed by the clerical regime, add unbearable layers of bridal stress. For starters, Iran's Islamic law forbids unmarried men and women to dance together, so the hosts are forced to separate their guests. At a segregated gathering, women can remove their veils and both sides dance among themselves. A less popular option is to hold a dinner rather than a proper reception, as men and women are permitted to have meals in one another's company. But without music, these...
...only did Jenkins honorably abstain from lollipop thievery, he also graduated valedictorian from UC Berkeley—“You know Berkeley right? We have more Nobel laureates than you?” He jokes...somewhat seriously. And, in a true, Jenkins fashion, he returned home to confront his former intimidator. “It was simmering with violence,” says Jenkins of the confrontation. “It was wonderful. I reminded him of what he said to me when I was in 6th grade...Time for you to be scared...
...Flowers University Professor under whom Aizenberg studied in her earlier stint at Harvard. “She is someone we would recruit completely independent of everything else.”Capasso says that Aizenberg will remain a leader in the university setting even though, he says, women scientists confront more obstacles in academia than in industry.“There is no question that in industry the glass ceiling is much less than in academia—in the real world you have to solve problems so you get talent from wherever you can find it,” says...
...encompasses a single night. Lying sleepless next to her oblivious mate, Paula addresses an anxious monologue to her sleeping twins. "I'm the only one awake in this house on the night before the day that will change all our lives," she intones ominously. Tomorrow, she and Mike will confront the kids with wrenching news. Before disclosing it, she spends most of the book recounting her life before meeting Mike (comfortable), their courtship (cute), their work (she sells art, he runs a publishing firm), the houses they've inhabited (confusingly many), some nice family outings to the beach...
...maybe Spider-Man 3 has a quadruple-gnger. Peter also must confront his photographer rival Eddie Brock (a.k.a. Venom), played by Topher Grace. "He gets very similar powers to Spider-Man; they work in the same place, they're after the same girls," he says. The difference: Grace can be extreme without worrying about breaking character. "When you play a protagonist, a bell goes off every time you do something outside the range of normal behavior," Grace says. "But when you're a psycho from outer space, there's something very freeing. With great powers comes great...