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...support our troops, and we support the fight against terrorism. We want victory.” Meanwhile, HIPJ members handed out anti-war patches and posters. “We want people to wear and post their anti-war voice to show decision-makers our dissent,” said Kaveri Rajaraman, a third-year graduate student of molecular and cellular biology and an HIPJ member. Amar Abbas, a German visitor whose family lives in Iraq, said he appreciated the anti-war protests. “It’s really exciting to see students demonstrating after four years...
...course, reforming the old socialist system is exactly the point of the law, individual property rights being a core tenet of a functioning capitalist economy. Last year, conservative voices had enough residual clout to get the legislation dropped from consideration. This year, in an evident move to quash dissent, all discussion of the property law was banned. When the respected weekly Caijing defied the ban and drafted a cover story on the law, authorities forced the magazine to drop the story at the last minute. That Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao were forced to go to such...
...legitimate expression, it pours out into the street, where protests are met with clubs and smoke grenades of the riot police. Two years ago, the authorities spent $12 billion to quell a nationwide wave of protests, caused by abrupt canceling of social benefits, in order to prevent the dissent from growing into conspicuous melees in main cities like the one this weekend. But the money doled out then has been now superseded by the growing costs of life. And a new such massive financial infusion might not prevent both Saturday's St. Petersburg's street fighting and a peaceful Moscow...
...long run.” As the dean in charge of approving secondary field proposals, Kenen fears that secondary fields will increase the numbers in larger concentrations, straining department resources.WAITING AND WATCHINGWhen the UC was asked to vote on its opinion of secondary fields, only one student expressed dissent. On a campus with so many multi-talented students, it is no surprise that secondary fields are well received, but it still remains to be seen how students will put them to use.“I hate to see students taking things they don’t really love...
...weaknesses. The diverse sampling of opinions represented in the book is a testament to the heterogeneity of the American Muslim experience. Not all Muslim females agree with the feminist leanings of Asra Nomani, and, to his credit, Barrett isn’t afraid to document the dissent. But the myriad opinions from American politicians, journalists, religious and secular Muslim leaders, children, and others straddles the fine line between just enough and too much. The barrage of quotations can sometimes be overwhelming, and it is often difficult to keep track of the different voices—including Barrett?...