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Baha’i stressed religious commonalities “to achieve global civilization,” Honeyman explains, Baha’i also stresses equality and tolerance among diverse groups. “They insist [on] eradicating prejudice, upholding equality of men and women...
...expanded Faculty, meanwhile, will hopefully give students the attention they deserve. Still, the recommendations to encourage better teaching fellows—which range from new awards for top-notch TFs to better TF training—will do little to change teaching quality because they do not insist on greater coursehead monitoring and interaction with course...
...BELIEVE THAT THE SECURITY SITUATION WILL SOMEHOW IMPROVE AFTER JUNE 30? That's what we hope will happen, but it will require a lot of work--by the Iraqis. That is what I always insist on. The U.N. does not do anything...
Corrections officials also insist that inmates have to raise their hand to be at Lawtey and that more than 100 prisoners at the facility who wanted out of the experiment were moved to other institutions in December. Those places were quickly filled by inmates from other facilities who, like Newton, say they're looking for a more meaningful way to spend their prison time than lifting weights. The religious alternative seems to be working. Assistant warden John Hancock says Lawtey's confinement wing for inmates with discipline problems usually held close to its capacity of 28 prisoners, but now rarely...
...corn refiners say it's a mistake to blame their products for obesity. They note that in countries that consume almost none of the syrup, such as Mexico and Russia, obesity is still a problem. Corn growers and refiners also insist that the body treats sugar and high-fructose corn syrup identically, an argument that has recently been challenged by scientists studying sugar metabolism at the molecular level...