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...certain where this fascination with white skin originated. Thakur and Goenka point to pale-faced conquerors from Britain and central Asia who forcefully instilled a reverence for whiteness. Cultural conservatives complain Hollywood is pushing aside Indian heroes in favor of Westerners all too ready to display their pale flesh. Some sociologists argue that in a country where most people still farm, dark skin is associated with lowly labor in the outdoors...
...fact that Abramoff did almost all his most important communicating by e-mail--even with the assistants who sat outside his office, associates say. Also, authorities have collected the daily "wrap-ups" that Abramoff required his assistants to provide, including notations of nearly every phone call and appointment, every favor asked and every payment delivered. Scanlon's testimony, however, could be crucial to making any quid pro quo link that may exist between what he and Abramoff gave lawmakers and what the two got from them...
...third period of Friday’s game against Clarkson began, Harvard goaltender John Daigneau leaned his head against the glass behind the visiting bench, just for a moment. After two periods in net and four goals allowed, Daigneau had been yanked in favor of Justin Tobe, the Crimson’s backup for eight of its first nine games. Now, for the first time since Nov. 4, Daigneau was watching the game from the bench. “Johnny was tired,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato...
...Crimson failed to score in six man-advantage opportunities with a power play Donato deemed “inept,” and the coach’s pulled Daigneau in favor of backup Justin Tobe for the third period...
...Amherst College, which have few academic requirements for undergraduates, he learned that between 85 and 90 percent of students reproduce distribution requirements of their own volition.He added that he thinks most students will responsibly take courses across disciplines.English and American Literature and Language Department Chair James Engell spoke in favor of the report, noting that its simplicity will allow for more effective advising because every professor will know what the requirements are and will be able to discuss them more easily with students.Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies William A. Graham Jr. and Hoffmann argued that, given the report?...