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...Ling Moy, a nice girl, previously unaware of her lineage, might be expected to struggle, at least briefly, with the shock of her identity and the dreadful deed her father obliges her to perform. But Wong makes an instant transformation, hissing, "The blood is mine. The hatred is mine. The vengeance shall be mine." Just before his death, Fu mourns that he has no son to kill Ronald. But, in a good full-throated reading, Wong vows: "Father, father, I will be your son. I will be your son!" The audience then has the fun of watching her stoke Ronald...
...conceptions of justice or our own interests while building a deep respect for those who may disagree with our priorities. The answer to “what’s in it for me?” would thus be a campus that truly values, in word and deed, the differences among us. And although the line between the acceptable and unacceptable opt-out would be admittedly blurry, a campus which continued to build tolerance and equality through well-constructed opt-out options would be less prone to opt-out of protecting important fundamental rights of our fellow students...
...been delivered to the city morgue with five bullets in her chest. Habib's left hand had been cut off--a practice common in honor killings, in which men amputate the woman's left hand or index finger to display as proof to tribal leaders and relatives that the deed has been done. In Habib's case, relatives suspected her of having an affair. "They saw her talking to a man a few times," said al-Jadr, whose staff investigated the case. Local police have told al-Jadr that they believe Habib was killed by her nephew rather than...
...trustworthy politicians follow suit, I still contend that it’s not too naive to hope for a leader with enough vision to take initiative in what he believes is right—even if the cameras aren’t clicking away, and even if his good deed doesn’t automatically translate into an extra stash of ballots...
...that all the hoopla is over regarding how the 9/11 hijackers did their dirty deed, one might hope the discussion would turn to why they did it. Americans deserve a public debate on that issue. Besides going to war, spending billions and making more enemies, is there anything we can do to prevent its happening again? ROBERT S. MOORE Huntsville...