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...members say they hope the Harvard boycott in particular will attract the attention of Mitsubishi President Minora B. Makihara...

Author: By Curtis R. Chong, | Title: Group Encourages Boycott of Mitsubishi | 2/22/1995 | See Source »

...active Harvard boycott would also be a blow to the President of the corporation Minora B. Makihara '54, Hamilton said...

Author: By Curtis R. Chong, | Title: EAC Mulls Boycott of Mitsubishi | 2/18/1995 | See Source »

...rich or poor, educated or illiterate. It can happen in their infancy or in their teens. The age varies among ethnic groups, as does the degree of pain. In some African countries, it is only a piece of the clitoris that is cut off. In others, the labia minora are sliced away. Natural protuberances are viewed as ugly, the unchaste accoutrements of prostitutes. Elsewhere, the entire outer genitalia are removed and the two sides of the vulva sutured together until marriage, leaving only a tiny opening for the excretion of blood and urine. Infections and hemorrhaging are not uncommon; intercourse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Risk of Mutilation | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

There are three degrees of the procedure: sunna (traditional), which involves cutting off the tip of the clitoris; excision, the removal of the clitoris and the labia minora; and infibulation, the removal of the clitoris, the labia minora and labia majora. With infibulation, the pubic area is stitched up after the genitals are removed, leaving only a single small opening for urination and menstruation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: A Ritual Of Danger | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...Defense and local aid. Volunteers from states all over the East poured into the Airport to man food dispensaries and information services and live on a couple of hours of sleep every day. "We had whole carloads of people coming in from nearby states wanting to help out," Carmen Minora, one of the mayor's aides said. "It was really good. In fact, if anything, we had more volunteers than we needed...

Author: By Steven Reed and Elizabeth Samuels, S | Title: Agnes Hit Wilkes-Barre Like a Flock of F-111's | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

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