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...after 10 points in six games, the honor of Most Valuable Player in the ECAC tournament...
...holiday has a complex history. It was originally founded in prehispanic Mexico to honor the dead and children, but, since then, has flourished under many different permutations. As a result, observances differ remarkably by region and levels of urbanization...
Next to one of the altars was a song book opened to the page with a song called “Dia de los Muertos.” Translated into English the song’s lyrics were, “On November first and second/ we honor those who have departed/ with music and with prayer/ we celebrate the Day of the Dead...
...Victim Fights Back Your report on "Asia's Heroes" [Oct. 11] included a feature on Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman who successfully fought the injustice of local tribal law. After Mai was gang-raped on the orders of a self-appointed village council (to preserve the tribal honor of a local clan), she courageously pursued her case in the courts despite the threat of further violence. Mai won, and six men involved in her rape were punished; two of them were sentenced to death. That is a tremendous example for women across the world who are suffering from similar atrocities...
What caused the Sinclair Broadcast Group, whose top executives have been large contributors to President George W. Bush and the Republican Party, to seemingly backtrack on plans to air a documentary attacking Senator John Kerry? Stolen Honor, in which some Vietnam veterans assail Kerry's antiwar activism, had reportedly been scheduled to air on 62 Sinclair affiliates. Instead, on 40 affiliates Sinclair aired A POW Story on Friday, a "news special" that drew on portions of Stolen Honor but also delved into the way politics and the media influence one another. Sinclair denies any about-face, saying that the company...