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...canon and classics—although their content may be disputed—testifies to the existence, if often overlooked, of this traditional purpose. English majors read Shakespeare and not Rowling for a reason: if final curricular decisions descended to students, we should not be surprised to see radical mayhem ensue. And then even the prestige of the Harvard name might not suffice in concealing the vapid content of college education.Hopefully, the new “Q” stipulations represent merely what they have been advertised as, leveling the playing field for graduate-student teaching fellows?...
...lined up at the polls this morning to cast their votes in an election with possibly grave consequences. In theory, the polling could bring an end to the rule of President Pervez Musharraf. In practice, if the vote is seen as fraudulent, it could trigger a repeat of the mayhem that greeted news of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination on December 27th...
...points to stockpile and unleash stones, bottles and Molotov cocktails on security forces, they also repeatedly fired shotguns on riot cops, in what amounted to the most serious use of arms in nearly three decades of such periodic violence. The result was over 100 police officers injured in the mayhem - five seriously from shotgun fire, including one cop who lost...
...party, shook his head with disgust. "These are untrained persons, they don't know how to work in polling stations. People come and they wait and they say, 'why are you wasting our time?' so they go home." While accusations of organized election fraud are widespread, the sheer mayhem in the polling stations beggars belief that any one candidate could swing the votes in his or her favor. It is more likely, say analysts, that rigging will take place at the count, or in stations where voters are unable to visit due to security fears. The government insists, however, that...
While accusations of organized election fraud have been widespread, the sheer mayhem in the polling stations beggars belief that any one candidate could swing the votes in his or her favor. It is more likely, say analysts, that rigging will take place at the count, or in stations where voters are unable to visit due to security fears. The government insisted today, however, that voting was completely fair, with only minor disturbances...