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...group of women gossiping in a hair salon hardly makes for gripping drama - except, perhaps, if the salon is in Sderot, Israel, and the women are reminiscing about life before an Israeli military blockade stopped the Palestinian men who used to commute from their homes in Gaza. "You remember Gingi the redhead?" asks one woman, as she sits having her hair blow-dried. "He used to do all the roofs. On Friday nights we'd cook couscous and invite him for dinner. We weren't scared...
Anyone who has been to Iran and spoken to an average Iranian (except those who work for the regime) would know that there are lots of people who want to work it out with the U.S. It goes beyond simply opening up a dialogue; we want the situation to return to the way it was 30 years ago when we were not the "axis of evil." I come from an intellectual family and I've never met anyone who hates the U.S.! The author didn't listen to what the new generation has to say. Dialogue with...
...Mornings with George Stephanopolous? Take King’s class, and you too can revel in being called “Congressman.” Committees meet and heatedly discuss legislation. Ambitious legislators run for leadership positions. Almost everything is the same as being a real member of Congress. Except, instead of being an actual elected official, you’re a tool...
...Neuroimaging Facility at the Center for Brain Science has been in planning since the beginning of the decade. The space for the MRI was completed last semester—following the entire Center’s move into the Northwest Labs in July—and except for a few small parts, the MRI was ready by the end of January, according to Psychology Professor Randy L. Buckner...
...because of its implications about the origin of human life. It is unintuitive, even for scientists, to accept that our species, which is unique in so many ways, has the same origins as a shark or a sequoia. But this does not account for why every single European country except Turkey is more willing than the U.S. to accept evolution as a fact. Presumably people in the EU care about what it means to be human...