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...train to Germany, on her own at age 13, and told to study because the nascent republic needed educated women. Needless to say, they did not wear head scarves. Indeed, the fervor with which they spurned them explains a lot about the conflict now, as the government seeks to lift a ban on wearing them at universities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Veiled Hostility | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

While you're struggling to find the appropriate original inscription to convey your feelings, however, Internet users across the U.S. are deciding not to reinvent the wheel, searching instead for existing love poems, perhaps to lift a few lines for expediency's sake. Starting the last week in January, Internet searches for "love poems" begin their yearly climb toward a spike in Valentine's Day week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Words of Love Online | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...envision a Goth, angst-ridden, Bell Jar-clutching user who must be behind searches like "dark love poems," and "heartbreaking love poems." And there's also a profoundly lazy side: With a significant number of "short love poems" searches, it seems that many of us not only want to lift pre-written sentiments, but we'd prefer not having to spend a lot of time doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Words of Love Online | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...commandeering a community space.” Negative feelings towards this policy are aggravated by the fact that the two-hour slots occur during what many students—contrary to Gibson’s claim—consider to be prime gym time. Quadlings looking to lift before morning classes or before dinner are faced with two options: foregoing their workout or trekking to Hemenway or the MAC. So far, the attendance at women-only hours has been underwhelming. But Aljawhary feels confident that, as word spreads, more sneaker-clad women will turn up to sweat in single...

Author: By Xiaofei Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The All New Girls' Club QRAC Turns Single Sex | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...gloves are finally off. After years of sidestepping one of the most sensitive social issues in Turkey, the ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) has moved to lift a ban on young women wearing headscarves at universities. The country's secularists, who see the headscarf as a symbol of political Islam, are up in arms over the proposed reform. The debate is the latest installment in the ongoing and increasingly bitter tug of war between the government and a militantly secularist establishment long used to getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey at Odds over Headscarf Ban | 2/8/2008 | See Source »

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