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...traditional image as the meeting place of East and West. Celal Hasnalcaci, a local manufacturer of denim jeans for export, prays five times a day but adorns his office walls with photographs of young women striking provocative poses in low-cut jeans. Giant billboards on the main street downtown flog everything from bras to i-Pods. The region is at once a heartland of Muslim conservatism and Europe's biggest supplier of lingerie. "Business is business," says Hasnalcac with a shrug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Western Is Turkey? | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

Reeves took that lesson to heart. Even while her singing career flourished, she maintained a steady presence in Detroit, making her home in a downtown high-rise apartment with her son Eric, attending the True Rock Baptist Church every Sunday she was in the city and becoming a visible town booster who frequently popped up at school career days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Second Act | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...school board, promising a return to neighborhood schools, he came in--as guideline advocates like to point out-- dead last. "I don't care if my children go to school on the moon as long as they are getting a good education," says Ronald Thomas, who lives downtown and sends his three children to school on a half-hour bus ride via the Interstate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Public Schools Aren't Color-Blind | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

It’s never easy to play a high-ranked opponent. But it’s even more difficult when you have to travel to a hostile rink with a 2-6 record. The Harvard men’s hockey team will go downtown to take on No. 11 Boston University tonight at Agganis Arena, hoping to get back on a winning track. That’s also what Harvard (1-6 ECAC) had hoped when it routed then-No. 3 Boston College on Nov. 7. But the Crimson promptly dropped three of the next four...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPORTS BRIEFS: Struggling out of the gate, Harvard heads to BU to face a tough non-conference foe | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...each while Hallion provided 13 points, completing a trio of players who notched double digits in the losing effort. Rollins added ten rebounds for her first career double-double.Finelli, who missed the first six games of last season, shot 8-for-18 from the field, including 3-for-5 from downtown, and added five steals and three assists.“It’s really exciting to be a part of the team this year,” Finelli said. “It’s exciting to play with my teammates.”Harvard will be back...

Author: By Vincent R. Oletu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finelli, Rollins Not Enough for Harvard | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

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