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...three-level house, a pregnant woman with two young children shares her home with mice scurrying through the rooms. Some of the other tenants in her neighborhood have lost running water and heat when their landlords failed to make mortgage payments and the banks seized ownership of the properties, and they wonder what will happen to them...
...food, like language, is about both mastery and invention. “Cooking is a language where we as humans can establish a relationship. Its probably the very first human relationship,” he said. “The more properties [of food] you make new, the more ownership you have over that language.” The event, sponsored by Harvard’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, is one of two in December that will address the link between art and the science of cooking...
...Along with fellow undergraduates and alumni, Sengeh co-founded Lebone Solutions to work towards what they termed “growing energy”—combining green technology with local ownership...
...night Thursday, as militant Israeli settler youth went on a violent rampage through Palestinian neighborhoods, burning the property of, shooting at and beating random Palestinians they came across. The militants were reacting to an eviction earlier that day by Israeli security forces of settlers occupying a Hebron house whose ownership is in dispute. Initial indications were that the rioting settlers had injured at least 15 Palestinians, two or three of whom had suffered gunshot wounds, and Israeli security officials were on high alert to prevent any attempted settler terrorist attacks on Palestinian mosques or other facilities. Israeli security officials told...
Vali Nasr, a Tufts University professor and expert on Shi'ite history, understands why the theories are popular with some Shi'ites. Since they have historically been viewed as inferior to the dominant Sunnis, he says, Shi'ites are eager to claim ownership of "anything or anyone that can show them to be superior." Since Obama is widely popular among Muslims, "assuming that he is Shi'ite and also the most powerful man in the world gives the Shi'ites pride and confidence," Nasr adds...