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There's evidence, too, that many women don't want radical change. A government poll in 2006 - one of the few attempts to gauge women's opinions - found that 86% thought women shouldn't work in a mixed environment, and 89% agreed women shouldn't drive. Iman al-Alqeel, the editor of Hayat, a conservative magazine for girls, says most of her readers find the thought of working or studying around boys and men intimidating. "They want to be able to relax and not worry about what other people think about them," she says, though that's partly because Saudi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Rights, and Challenges, for Saudi Women | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...represents “the future of online media” and “responds directly to the needs of college women.” We’d argue that a lot of Her Campus’ content is neither particularly revolutionary nor universally insightful. (The daily poll today was, “What color nail polish are you wearing right...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: "Her Campus" Wants You! | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...likes but everyone sees? Yes, especially over weekends when only one major-studio film is released. That seemed to be the case with Couples Retreat, the Vince Vaughn comedy that received a flatulent 13% on Rotten Tomatoes' survey of critics' reviews and a mediocre B rating from CinemaScore's poll of exiting moviegoers. Yet by Sunday night, according to early estimates, it will have earned $35.4 million, the top gross ever for a movie on Columbus Day weekend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Couples Fills a Vacuum | 10/11/2009 | See Source »

...concerted effort by the U.S., talks have yet to begin, as both sides are stuck on whether Israel will freeze its expansion settlements in occupied Palestinian territory (so far, it has said it won't). Relations with the Muslim world have improved, at least by the measure of international poll numbers, but they have not advanced peace (or American interests) yet: Arab states are still resisting recognizing Israel, contributing to the problems besetting peace talks there. (See pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Prize Is Premature | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...Indeed, with Obama's signature issue of health care reform in the balance and his poll numbers on the decline, a visit to the Southeast Asian city where he lived for four years as a child will hardly give him the boost he needs with the American public. But given his obvious affection for Indonesia, it is not a question of if he will pay a visit, but when. "There were a lot of people planning things but the bottom line is that it was delayed and not cancelled," says business consultant Dennis Heffernan, who is planning to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Will Wait Longer for Obama | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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