Word: hakim
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...Hakim's new science textbook is meant for kids, but even a well-read adult might learn a thing or two--for instance, that Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras was a fashion trailblazer who insisted on wearing trousers, then considered an Eastern style, while his countrymen were still in robes. Such are the details that pepper the narrative of Hakim's The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way (Smithsonian Books; 282 pages). Hakim's chatty style and character-driven stories have won her legions of fans. At age 11, Ethan Denny in Athens, Ga., wrote...
...Hakim, 73, had never written for children before 1986, when she decided to try her hand at textbooks. Inspired by a University of Minnesota study that claimed kids retained 40% more information from passages written by journalists than by academics, Hakim, a former editor at the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and a onetime teacher, began working on A History of US. The series was everything that conventional textbooks were not. Her books were not written by a committee, are structured around characters and stories rather than facts and dates and were kid-approved before publication. Hakim paid local children to edit...
...would dilute the impact of the Shiite vote, Sistani mandated a top aide to broker the deal that put the major Shiite religious parties, and many secularists and independents, under one umbrella in the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA). The UIA's electoral list is headed by Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), and its dominant figures include the top leaders of the Dawa party. The list also includes a handful of representatives of Sunni and Kurdish minorities, and independents ranging from former Pentagon favorite Ahmed Chalabi to individuals associated with...
...suicide. According to Jakarta-based Tempo magazine, Munir sent an SMS to his wife Suciwati from Singapore's Changi Airport that read: "I really can't make this out. How come my tummy is so upset? I really hope it isn't playing up again." (Munir suffered from ulcers.) Hakim says that on the flight out of Singapore, Munir was convinced he had food poisoning. His family wonders how the poison could have been administered. "He was with his family all day on his departure day," says Rachland. Munir had a hot chocolate at the Jakarta airport, but his wife...
...following a vigorous campaign by Suciwati, the police announced that they have assembled a list of people to question, including Garuda flight attendants. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met Munir's widow last week and, according to Suciwati, promised to name an investigative team. Garuda Indonesia commercial director Bachrul Hakim told Tempo: "We will be completely open to any investigation...