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...Phoebe Gloeckner's deliberately tough, difficult "Diary of a Teenage Girl," feels totally authentic because it is. As such, it makes such sanitized, safe books about teen's "real" problems, the Judy Blume-type material, seem utterly out of touch. Ironically, thanks to its uncompromisingly explicit details of rape and drug abuse, "Diary" may be completely inappropriate for anyone under 18. But for everyone else, "Diary of a Teenage Girl" reveals a reality that I fear more teenagers than we know have experienced...
...apart, he never bothered to actually describe the situation in North Korea. “Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction are controlled by a murderous tyrant who has already used chemical weapons to kill thousands of people,” he explained without making the contrast explicit, “and the same murderous tyrant has tried to dominate the Middle East and has invaded and brutally occupied a small neighbor as recently as a decade ago.” Not once in his response to the question of double standards does he so much as mention...
...share values while having a wide range of religious beliefs and interests,” he says. Slade says he is skeptical of the fraternity’s claim that it was only attempting to foster integrity in its members. “The warning is much too explicit for that,” he says...
Slade says he is optimistic about the chances for reform within the fraternity. One Harvard member who graduated last year appealed directly to the international organization about the clause’s explicit wording, and the Grand Council now plans to address the issue at its next meeting. “There has been a steady pressure on the international fraternity to evolve,” Slade says. While the 147-year-old organization is not likely to change its traditions overnight, Slade says he feels the fraternity members actually benefit from the controversy. “It requires...
...behind the phenomenal growth of unlicensed madrasahs, known as qaumi madrasahs, in the past decade. There are now an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 in Bangladesh, of which 30 to 40, run by mujahedin veterans, are known to shelter militants and recruit fresh fighters. Such militants sometimes receive explicit encouragement from Bangladesh's spiritual leaders. Mullah Obaidul Haque, head of the national mosque in Dhaka and a Jamaat associate, told a gathering of thousands in the capital last December: "America and Bush must be destroyed. The Americans will be washed away if Bangladesh's 120 million Muslims spit...