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...Sunni or Shi'ite government." Many Sunnis, who benefited under Saddam's reign, regard the Shi' ites in government as pawns of Iran because politicians such as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari spent the war in exile in Iraq's neighbor. Aga also had little faith in a fair vote and said the government would fix the election in its favor. "They just want to let the people feel they are practicing democracy," he said...
...TIME: In the aftermath of Katrina the rap artist Kanye West accused President Bush of not caring about black people. Was that a fair statement...
...Arts and Sciences, Schauer has also been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Though the Eastman Professors are required to give 24 student lectures at Oxford, Schauer’s tenure will not be limited to the classroom. “In addition to teaching, I expect to do a fair amount of work on common law theory, and the university where [Jeremy] Bentham studied will be an ideal place to work.” Schauer is currently completing a visiting professorship at the University of Chicago law school. Of the 65 previous Eastman fellows, 13 were Nobel Prize winners. Schauer will...
Overstuffed door boxes, fully postered kiosks, and an activities fair that fills Tercentenary Theatre—all of these campus sights are evidence of a brooding problem: the overabundance, redundancy, and proliferation of student groups. While student groups certainly add to the diversity, vibrancy, and quality of life on campus, they have spread to a point of saturation. The number of new student groups has increased each year since 1950 (when there were about 50) to reach their total last fall of 305, including 127 with under 25 members. While having so many groups for 6,650 students looks great...
...fair, Reuben and Isabella, who briefly play host to Kate and Thomas, seem to live a fairly functional, happy life. But that’s all we get. Taylor, a former Anglican preacher who self-published the first edition of “Shadowmancer” by selling his motorcycle, seems to trust that the evident evil of Demurral will provide an adequate motive for Kate and Thomas to kill the villain. Rather than creating main characters with any depth, Taylor deploys Christian imagery, seemingly hoping that the Holy Spirit will carry the plot forward...