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...must be condemned universally,” saying that extremist interpretations of Islam demonstrate “a failure to comprehend the religion, an obsolete understanding, a truncated view.” Many Malaysian students attended the talk and asked Ibrahim questions afterward—a sharp contrast with some of Ibrahim’s past experiences. In Malaysia, there is still a “media blackout” on Ibrahim’s speeches, he is not allowed on university campuses, and he is not allowed to hold political office until 2008, said Aasil Ahmad, Ibrahim?...
...dramatist could not have hoped to conjure a better contrast. On one hand, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, publicly champions a categorical ban on the torture of prisoners. On the other hand, Vice President Dick Cheney, who did not serve in Vietnam, makes closed-door appeals to senators for an exception clause to torture in circumstances of eminent danger.In one of the best-supported congressional revolts in President George W Bush’s five years in office, the Senate voted 90-9 last month in favor of McCain?...
...started. It was in a vast space, with no toes tapping to the toe-tapping country music. Across Fifth Street, Democrats roared as each update about the race was flashed on the Richmond stations' ticker running beneath prime-time entertainment programming projected on a pair of giant screens. The contrast was astounding from 24 hours earlier when more than 4,000 whoopin' and hollerin' Republicans jammed into a hangar for an hour-long drop-in by President Bush, who took ownership of the outcome of Kilgore's race with a get-out-the-vote rally for the ages. Bush...
...multiple complex names made the plotline from Hindu mythology hard to follow. Thus, audience understanding of the program might have benefited from written summaries. In the first act of the show, the square surround seating at Lowell Lecture Hall hampered viewing since the dancers only faced one side; in contrast, during the second act’s use of the entire stage, the architecture increased the accessibility of the work, allowing audiences to experience all dimensions of the play. In her story, Chamundeshwari Devi resoundingly defeats the strong and relentless demon Mahisha in a 10-day battle, during which Mahisha...
...Division, said that a crime is only classified as a burglary only if there is very clear evidence that someone trespassed on university property. Anything that is stolen in a “public space,” such as a library, would be called a larceny. HUPD, by contrast, does not classify university libraries as public space. This means that with very few exceptions, anything stolen anywhere on campus is recorded as a burglary, Catalano said. A brief survey of several top universities suggests that Harvard’s way of reporting theft is relatively rare. Other university police...