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...made it possible for me to realize that men and women are equal," Hirsi Ali says, "and given me the opportunity to take advantage of higher education. But it also made me ask why more Muslim women here are not doing the same." - By ABI DARUVALLA/The Hague THE CONVERT Anne Sofie Roald, 48, Sweden Most angry young students join marches or sign petitions. Anne Sofie Roald took the veil. When she discovered Islam at the University of Oslo in the early '80s, the faith seemed to offer all that she sought - fellowship, moral grounding, even ideological compatibility. "I was thinking...
Under terms of the 1999 merger agreement between Harvard and Radcliffe, Harvard’s dance programs will not be able to use Rieman after 2005 because the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will convert it into a meeting space for its fellows...
With Harvey unable to score, senior guard Elliot Prasse-Freeman was forced to create many of Harvard’s scoring opportunities. While he distributed the ball well, finishing with eight assists, he only had six points and did not convert on a field goal until 13:13 was left in the game...
...Smaller hotels helped pioneer the idea. Jules' Undersea Lodge opened 16 years ago, when its owners decided to convert a former oceanic-research laboratory into a cozy two-bedroom hotel with a common living area. The rooms are small, but there's air conditioning, a VCR, a microwave and a mini-fridge. Air and power are supplied by cable, scuba courses are offered to all guests, and room service is delivered from the surface, 6.5 m above, in a "dry box." But the prime attraction is the meter-wide windows that give guests a unique view of the wildlife swimming...
Despite missing senior center Brett Nowak, who served a one-game suspension for a spearing incident late against Colgate on Saturday, the Harvard power play showed its potential with a late game flurry but once again failed to convert...