Word: disappeared
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...hardly any of the AKP deputies have wives who work; when one of them sought to file charges against her husband for allegedly beating her, she was quickly dissuaded. I have watched Erdogan's daughter (who studied in the U.S. because of the ban) come home, get married and disappear. There was not a single female MP on the commission that drafted the current constitutional amendment ... about women...
...watermelon patch, an older woman who would later introduce herself to us as Liu Yi, as she stared back at me across the river. I remember thinking to myself, My god, what must be going through her mind? Not only is the land she works on about to disappear, but there's this foreigner standing over there staring at her. Where did he come from and, more to the point, what in the world is he doing out here? The short answer is that my wife and I have become a tiny part of China's latest revolution...
What proponents of the ban seem to ignore is that the conditions that “force” female students to wear headscarves do not disappear under the ban. According to Human Rights Watch—an international advocacy organization which has condemned the ban—the policy “has denied thousands of women access to education” by requiring them to abandon part of their religious beliefs to attend universities. To force women to choose between their faith and their future is cruel...
...making it into such a good production as possible. It’s been great to work with them. Spellberg: Having to integrate technical objects into the space takes a lot of people and it’s a cool experience to watch it all materialize overnight and then disappear again in time for breakfast the next morning. —Elizabeth L. Mead
...national movement. In Lalian (which had a PPP representative who then switched over to Musharraf), it already seems to be working. "The politicians come here and promise us everything," says Abdul Khaliq, a teacher at Hussain's last rally for the day. "But the day after the elections they disappear." Khaliq says he has given up on voting for individual candidates. He will choose Hussain not because of what she has promised, but because she represents Bhutto. "Benazir is the dream, and Abida will bring us there...