Word: gangs
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...nominate Mukhtaran Bibi, the Pakistani woman also known as Mukhtar Mai, who was gang-raped as punishment for her brother's walking with a girl from a higher tribal group. She deserves to be honored for her courage and determination in fighting the system and for continuing to shed light on the problems of rape and illiteracy, despite the personal danger and costs...
...scion of a popular Democratic Arkansas political family, Pryor, 43, made his mark in 2005, supplanting old-timers like Joe Lieberman and Robert Byrd to take a leading role in the centrist "Gang of 14" that defused the crisis over judicial filibusters. He impressed Senate watchers by his ability to keep Democratic leader Harry Reid fully informed and happy at the same time. Watch for Pryor, who voted with President Bush 58% of the time in 2005, to emerge as a key swing vote and voice for Third Way Democrats...
Patrick also suggested longer school hours and after-school programs to strengthen primary education—a measure he said may lower gang violence as well...
...question-and-answer session after the speech, several Massachusetts students asked the candidate about issues including health care, taxes and gang violence...
...them, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, is a member of the “Gang of Five” professors who drafted most of the review’s report on general education, which outlined a system of broad distribution requirements to replace the Core Curriculum...