Word: nods
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gate. "I will do everything in my power to protect my madrasah," she says. "I am ready to die for it." An hour later I find her again, pressing a wet rag to her streaming eyes. "I wanted to die, but my elders stopped me." Friends, crowding around, nod in sympathy...
...Since the Supreme Court declared segregated schools "inherently unequal" in 1954, scholars have been arguing that students learn better in racially diverse classrooms, and five justices at least gave a nod to that view in today's opinions. But as Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas in a concurring opinion and even Justice Breyer in dissent acknowledged, the evidence is mixed at best...
...10th anniversary of Diana's death on Aug. 31, a host of companies are hoping to separate consumers from their cash. This year sees the publication in the U.S. and Britain of at least 15 Diana-related books. The biography Diana: The Portrait, by Rosalind Coward, has an official nod of approval from Diana's estate. Christopher Andersen's After Diana looks at the royal family since her death. And A Dress for Diana is a $2,000 limited-edition coffee-table book about the princess's wedding dress containing a swatch from the leftover silk. Diana the angel, Diana...
...good, but some were initially disconcerting. Let me begin with the obvious: My house is gone. When I first returned to Harvard, I would tell undergraduates that I had lived in “South House.” I was most often met with a polite but pitying nod suggesting they thought I had an active fantasy life. Some junior historian types were aware that the Quad used to be different, but few had more than a misty notion that it used to have something to do with girls. I soon got used to saying that I had lived...
...nod for Harvard’s highest post, she would have to convince the committee that she could lead an institution of 10 schools, nearly 2,200 faculty, some 20,000 students, and a budget approaching $3 billion...