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...Shifting Border The word I hear most often to describe this boundary is porous. It twists through all kinds of terrain, from the mangroves on the western end through the fierce currents of the Brahmaputra River in the north to the thick jungles of the Chittagong Hill Tracts on the eastern side, all of which serve as natural barriers. At its most developed, the border looks like Petrapole, the channel for the vast majority of legal migration and one of the largest land crossings in Asia. More than 1,000 people pass through every day, most by bus and some...
...California Prop 8 Court Date Same-sex-marriage advocates rejoiced Feb. 2 after the California Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the Nov. 4 ballot measure that reversed the court's previous decision to grant gay and lesbian couples the right to wed; a record $83 million was raised by groups on both sides in the run-up to the vote. The March 5 hearing will also address the validity of 18,000 same-sex marriages that occurred before Prop 8 was passed...
...were shocked to hear about the contingency plan, which would involve severe disruption of our operations,” Dulac said. But she noted that no decision on the pace of progress in Allston has been made...
...absolutely the right motivation. One-fourth don’t.” That one-fourth, he said, was more fixated on arguing over Robert’s Rules than representing students. UC members were guilty, he said, of making “idiotic points just so they can hear themselves pontificate.” In another part of the e-mail, James wrote, “I personally never enjoyed my time on the UC.” Former UC representative, Jon T. Staff ’10, who served as the chair of the Student Activities Committee echoed...
...Arabic phrase you hear again and again in Iraq is "schwaya, schwaya," which is usually said along with cupped hands held out for emphasis. The translation varies somewhat depending on the circumstances, but generally "schwaya, schwaya" means "hold on" or "go slow" or more formally "patience please." The day after Saturday's nationwide provincial balloting election officials essentially urged Iraqis to take the saying to heart as they wait up to three weeks for the official tally...