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...panel, held in Ticknor Lounge, attracted about 10 students, several of whom were females concentrating in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality...
...informal poll of 3.5 people (one of the ladies polled was pregnant), 100 percent of people overwhelmingly agreed with that assessment. In fact, Harvard agreed with that assessment when Cantab fans held up red and white placards to spell “WE SUCK?...
...title and their fifth straight regular season championship this past year. They’ve been ranked in the national top-10 for seven consecutive weeks. And they feature one of the best defenses in the country, leading the nation in shutout percentage—they’ve held 70% of their opponents, including UConn yesterday, scoreless—and rank second in the country in goals against average (0.35 per game) and save percentage...
Skenazy, a Yale-educated mom who with her husband is raising two boys in New York City, had ingested all the same messages as the rest of us. Her sons' school once held a pre-field-trip assembly explaining exactly how close to a hospital the children would be at all times. She confesses to being "at least part Sikorsky," hiring a football coach for a son's birthday and handing out mouth guards as party favors. But when the Today show had her on the air to discuss her subway decision, interviewer Ann Curry turned to the camera...
...This time, though, the generals relented and democratic elections were held in late 2008. Hasina took office again with a massive mandate, giving many Bangladeshis hope that the country could finally put its destructive, divisive politics behind it. Years of political upheaval, analysts say, have damaged the rule of law in Bangladesh and created a culture of impunity for both powerful politicians as well as for a military that has often acted as a law unto itself. The Supreme Court verdict was a sign, says the Daily Star editorial, "that the wheels of justice have finally rolled...