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...custom," Betty finishes for her. Her thoughts drift to the upcoming visit. "It's not anything he says as a man. This is a person who, if he had been around at the time, Jesus would have said, 'You're Peter, and upon this rock I build this church...
...logic rare in the Arab world. For centuries, men of the region have engaged in "honor killing," the intrafamily slaughter of allegedly errant females. Women have endured the custom, while legal establishments have tolerated or even condoned it. But now activists in Jordan, backed by the royal family, are dragging the issue out of the darkness. "We are determined to be an example in our part of the world," Queen Noor told CNN's Christiane Amanpour last week in an interview for NewsStand: CNN & TIME...
Like the majority of the 400 schools who use the IM, Harvard does not base its decisions entirely on the calculations of the formula, but chooses to custom tailor award packages to individual family circumstances...
That is the consensus of TIME's Board of Economists, which gathered recently in Manhattan to assess 1999 prospects for the global and American economies--in that order, which reverses its custom. But then these are tail-wagging-the-dog days. Rather than the progress of the American economy largely determining global trends, it is the U.S. that is now under the heavy influence of events overseas--something that hasn't really happened since the oil shocks of the 1970s...
...excessive culinary delights. Be aware that as a visitor, you will be expected to consume large amounts of local fare. Refusal to accept native cuisine will in many cases be considered a personal insult. (Note: The word "snack," common in native vocabulary, is often used to describe the local custom of consuming food every five minutes.) In the evenings, attractions may include rented movies, video games, visits from tribal chieftains from remote regions and little brothers rolling around on the floor in front...