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In cities like Makassar, at least half the women wear the jilbab, a sturdy veil that covers the head and the neck. The preferred dress at Ikhwan's school, which opened in 1999 and now boasts 1,000 students, was unusually conservative for Indonesia. But it pointed to how quickly...
Reacting to the most authoritative affirmation to date of the role of human activity in causing global warming, environmentally-oriented students and faculty at Harvard were agreed: Global warming is real, but there is still much that can be done about it. In its harshest assessment yet of humansâ?...
It would be understandable if Bulgaria--ancient Roman annex, Ottoman Empire conquest, Soviet Union satellite--wasn't all that welcoming to foreigners. But there I was in Sofia, on my way to the public drinking fountains where locals fill up old Coke bottles with hot mineral water, when a lady...
At a meeting of the Harvard Medical School (HMS) faculty shortly after Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, assumed Harvard’s presidency, professor Henry Bigelow questioned the new president about sweeping changes that Eliot had proposed—including the shocking requirement that students pass all their classes...
In December 2005, nearly 70% of adult Iraqis took the trouble to vote in their national elections. If we are not willing to fight to help decent, peaceful Iraqis establish democracy, what are we willing to fight for? Some commentators have pointed out that more Americans have died fighting in...