Word: dame
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Elizabeth (Dame Helen Mirren, “Caligula”) has always been able to connect with the British people. She’s known their feelings and has been able to communicate—she claims, “No one knows the British people better than I do.” Now her country mourns a former daughter-in-law she couldn’t stand, and demands that she join their grief...
...state department no longer claims Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan "endorsed or espoused terrorist activity." So why won't it restore the U.S. visa Ramadan, a Swiss national, was stripped of in 2004 on those grounds? Since giving up the Notre Dame teaching position that visa was intended[an error occurred while processing this directive] for, Ramadan has repeatedly appealed to the U.S. authorities for temporary entry permits to deliver lectures there. A rejection letter from U.S. officials Ramadan made public last week cites a new offense: donating j600 to two Palestinian aid organizations purportedly linked to a group...
...traveling the courts of Europe and arguing the case that Europe needs to come to the aid of the Greeks in the East, to revive, if you will, the crusading spirit," says Charles Barber, an art historian and expert in the Byzantine empire at the University of Notre Dame. "Manuel shows a real familiarity with Islamic texts and Islamic culture, but as seen through the lens of a people who are essentially facing annihilation.? Thus, says Barber, the ?dialog? between the emperor and the ?educated Persian? (which we have only by the emperor's recounting) would fall into a well...
...Harvard, which holds a 4:1 freshman to senior ratio in its starting lineup, a victory over then No. 1 Santa Clara (4-1-0) at the Notre Dame Classic last Saturday was out of reach...
Nichols, just one of the stellar freshmen starting for the squad, was most impressive for Harvard on the weekend, playing tough defense coupled with stellar set-ups on the offensive front to earn Notre Dame Classic All-Tournament honors...