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...proper length. Afghan officials have said the new department - which was approved by the cabinet last month and is pending approval by parliament - would be a kinder, softer version of its Taliban predecessor and would not enforce such harsh penalties for moral transgressions. Instead, the organization would mirror those in other Islamic countries that aim to "promote morality in society," Presidential spokesman Mohammad Karim Rahimi said...
...College of Charleston?” Simon answers as meekly as possible. The light is about to change and the car inches forward towards the onramp. “Get in,” the driver says, her voice cracking. A plastic blowfish bath toy swings from the rearview mirror. The car smells like saccharin, like a new synthetic interior mixed with a kid come straight off the playground. The doughy-faced, front-seat passenger introduces us first to her 10-year-old daughter, sitting next to Simon, and then to the visibly nervous driver in front of me. While...
Although our cause resonates with the American public, Wallis warned that we must not mirror the Religious Right by legislating our religious beliefs. On the last day of the conference, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) delivered a groundbreaking speech that was later mischaracterized by the Associated Press’ headline, “Dems must court Evangelicals.” But this isn’t so much about courting “evangelicals” as it is about ending the Democrats’ rejection of religious imagery and ideals. The Network of Spiritual Progressives (led by Rabbi Michael...
...skills and strengths of older ones. Older sibs are prodded to attempt something new because they don't want to be shown up by a younger one who has already tried it. More complex--and in many ways more important--are those situations in which siblings don't mirror one another but differentiate themselves--a phenomenon psychologists call de-identification...
...Women's groups also mobilized in support, worried that the fate of the vaccine could mirror that of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive that has been subject to political battles. "I lost my grandmother to cervical cancer, and have two daughters who might be spared that fate with this vaccine," wrote National Organization for Women President Kim Gandy. "Opposing an effective vaccine that would save hundreds of thousands of women's lives with the vacuous assertion that it would lead to promiscuity is inexcusable." At a time when government data shows 70% of girls having had intercourse by the time...