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Similarly, abolishing the expository writing requirement would lower discontent among students enrolled in these courses. Students would take expository writing classes based on interest, not coercion, This change in the nature of the program would decrease friction between students and teachers, enabling Expos to better meet its goal of improving...

Author: By Evan P. Cucci, | Title: Escape From Expos | 10/26/1993 | See Source »

Uniform requirements do nothing but foster discontent among students and lack of vigor in administration of the programs that are required. Regardless of the intrinsic value of a course, students cannot--and should not--be forced to take it.

Author: By Evan P. Cucci, | Title: Escape From Expos | 10/26/1993 | See Source »

Aware that homegrown corruption and poverty provide recruits to the extremist ranks, Arab governments find it convenient to exaggerate the threat from outside. It also suits the Islamist rebels to evoke the fearsome image of a mighty army of trained and dedicated fanatics in their quest for local political power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side Of Islam | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

Why have these economically marginal groups been forgotten? As many of the nation's "offical" poor live in rural areas as in cities. Yet, the poor in the cities are more visible to the powerbrokers who also inhabit urban areas. The heavy concentration in smaller areas means that the urban...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Stagnation Without Representation | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

It is true that almost every secular Arab state from North Africa to the Persian Gulf confronts a fundamentalist threat. But they would face it even without subversion from abroad. "The problems in Egypt," says a U.S. expert, "stem from problems in Egypt. I don't think Iranian or Sudanese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bombs in The Name of Allah | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

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