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...Kazakh. What he represents is a country of Boratastan, a country of one." ROMAN VASILENKO, Kazakhstan press secretary, on Borat Sagdiyev, the bumptious, fictional Kazakh TV reporter created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat, whose antics have drawn the ire of Kazakh authorities, was turned away from the White House during President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Washington...
...religious institutions. The age of keeping God out of politics is over, says Jytte Klausen, a Danish political scientist and author of The Islamic Challenge, a recent study of Muslim élites in Europe. "European politics," she says "is no longer a religion-free zone." Battle lines are being drawn that have not been seen for decades. They are not necessarily between Christian and Muslim. They are instead between secular Europeans and people of faith - any faith - and the conflict may well determine the future of the European state. Modern Europe has taken root in secular soil. The tradition...
...building, will someone at Harvard please provide a detailed explanation as to why the investigators decided to exonerate Douglass before this matter sullies Harvard’s reputation completely? If this cannot be done, then I suggest that President Bok organize a totally independent second inquiry, with a panel drawn from scientists with no affiliation to either Harvard or the U.S. water fluoridation program. SAMUEL S. EPSTEIN Chicago, IL September 19, 2006 The writer is professor emeritus of environmental and occupational medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition...
...distance event. It’s all about pacing yourself and finishing the whole dozen. The women’s event is the finale; the sprint, how quickly can you stuff your face.” And stuff they did. The men’s champion said he was drawn to the grueling—and drooling—sport because “I’m a big eater anyway, so I thought, why not give this a shot.” Lane added that he’s training for an eating contest in Boston. Lane manifested...
...German poetry, and boasts an impressive and oft-quoted literary collection; she peppers the text with nods to real historical heroes (Winston Churchill) and imagined ones (“the late great Horace Lloyd Swithin (1844-1917), British essayist, lecturer, satirist and social observer”). Several hand-drawn visual aids—the astute observations of our protagonist—are scattered throughout the text. A final exam is included for the detail-oriented and/or competitive reader...