Word: england
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...what happens now? Detractors will probably continue to hammer at the document even as it's readied for the Sex and Relationships Education Conference starting Sept. 7 in Birmingham, England. The guidelines will then be presented to the U.N. in New York City sometime in October, at which point governments and education officials can either act on or ignore them as they wish. There's a chance that, in the U.S., UNESCO's recommendations will be drowned out by the knee-jerk outrage of conservative pundits. But at least the guidelines can undergo sober and thoughtful examination in more open...
...felt that men saw me as a sexual object more than I was used to and I responded by dressing more demurely. Young women are covering up in an attempt to preserve their identity as human beings and to emphasize their mind over their body. Sophie Caulfeild, MIDHURST, ENGLAND...
...Blood" speech in 1968 he was dismissed from the shadow cabinet; how apt that in 2009, his predictions should have been realized and his policies seized upon by a far-right party. I'm afraid that immigration and multiculturalism could yet make racists of us all. Francesca Kinross, SOLIHULL, ENGLAND...
...matter. Nowadays, young girls are expected to be liberated, clever, independent and physically perfect. By refusing to unveil their bodies they are rebelling against unrealistic expectations in the same way as their mothers did by burning their bras. Shame on you, South Africa! Anne Favier-Townsend, LUTON, ENGLAND...
Bart Moore-Gilbert, professor of post-colonial literature at London's Goldsmiths College and author of a book on Kureishi, places the writer in the tradition of Dickens and H.G. Wells, with their "old-fashioned concern with the condition of England." Especially when that condition changes. Kureishi says the Muslims his sons go to school with aren't attracted by extremism. Islam is "what it was for people when I was a kid - a quarter of their lives," he says. "You're a soccer fan, you go shopping, watch TV and you're a Muslim." The England Kureishi chronicles - indeed...