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...reporter supposedly once asked the legendary criminal Willie Sutton why he robbed banks. "Because that’s where the money is," the gangster replied. A similar answer could be given to anyone who questions why women continue to frequent the clubs that exclude them: that’s where the parties are. Final clubs have unfettered access to social space that simply doesn’t exist outside their walls. Telling women (or men) who are sick of segregation to just go somwhere else doesn’t cut it because there really isn’t anywhere else...
...Gaza display Israel’s inability to stem attacks on its civilian population when restrained by its allies and world opinion from taking steps necessary to dismantle the terrorist infrastructures of Hamas and Hezbollah. The Crimson staff also incorrectly suggests that the U.S. has, over the decades, uncritically given Israel carte blanche to pursue its military objectives. However, it is in part thanks to U.S. efforts that Israel did not oust the radical nationalist Nasser regime in 1956, or march on Damascus in 1973, or eliminate Yassir Arafat...
...It’s more about your dedication than your actual ability to make that gift,” Mills says. However, he also adds: “It’s easier to have a conversation about making a gift of that proportion when you yourself have given...
...humans were given 15 minutes to build their stronghold, opting to create a barricade of chairs, benches, and hammocks to hold their position on higher ground. They were ready to fight, each armed with a deadly water...
...solution, Feldman said, is to develop a better understanding of the given law firm’s structure and then think of ways to improve the system as a “self-conscious, thinking person.” New lawyers should then articulate and voice these ideas, Feldman stressed...