Word: extention
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...practice wearing a headscarf becomes “normalized” by society, refusal to do so becomes a criterion for exclusion and harassment—something which women should never face, let alone in public institutions of higher learning. Moreover, the unique political circumstances of Turkey complicate the extent to which such strong secular practices are needed. Despite its modern history, contemporary Turkey faces a growing Islamic threat—and any concession to the religious conservatives is as an injury to the nation’s secularism. And in that war between secularists and Islamists, the classroom ought...
...past, Democrats have favored candidates who offer meaty, detailed policy prescriptions - usually to the party's detriment - and that is not Obama's game. After his Iowa victory, his stump speech had become a soufflé untroubled by much substance of any sort. He has rectified that, to some extent. He now spends some time talking about the laments of average Americans he has met along the way; then he dives into a litany of solutions he has proposed to address the laments. But those are not nearly so convincing as Clinton's versions of the same; of course, Clinton...
...have to imagine that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama recognize these weaknesses. But neither proposes bold changes, even though there are several integrated policies the Democrats could propose to solve the potency problem, all of which can be defended on party principles. To the extent that these ideas are already being espoused, it is only in vague language...
...troubling, but it was endorsed and he empowered by democracy; in the end, he will have to reckon with the same. So when White House language describes Iran as antagonistic to the ideal of liberty, what it means is not that political liberty does not exist there to some extent, but that it is dissatisfied with the result of that liberty. The similarities persist: sometimes...
Fleischmann, a professor at University of Texas Southwestern, said he was surprised to see the extent of the duplication by Simon, whom he had always viewed as a “well-respected rheumatologist...