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...cultural. In a society that prizes strength in its men, there's little to be gained by them in exhibiting anything less. But part of it may be hormonal. Before puberty, boys and girls experience depression in more or less equal numbers. As they mature, however, girls fall prey to the blues more often, perhaps because of the hormone storms that accompany female adolescence. Could the different mix of hormones that boys produce--particularly testosterone--be somehow protective? If so, might the falloff of testosterone as men age slowly strip this protection away...
...Pounce on the Americans just as lions pounce their prey, and bury them in Iraq's graveyard." AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, Osama bin Laden's deputy, in a new alleged al-Qaeda tape broadcast by al-Jazeera satellite-television network...
Hornstine’s actions, far from childish, allowed her to flourish in the Darwinistic struggle for status that begins in high school. And for anyone who has ever been prey in that struggle, for anyone who has ever been upstaged by a pretentious over-achiever, her dramatic fall was deliciously poetic. But as long as accomplishment substitutes for character, perfection for candor, elite Universities will continue to encourage Blair Hornstines and promote the Blair Hornstine in each student...
...curb such ferocity. "Any student or teacher who tries to do politics inside here," declares one principal, Mufti Mohammed Naeem, "is kicked out in 30 minutes. But," he admits, "jihad is everywhere, in graffiti, the Urdu newspapers, in tea-shop talk." Once his students leave campus, they are prey to extremist groups...
...Devour the Americans just like the lions devour their prey. Bury them in the Iraqi graveyard." AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, Osama bin Laden's lieutenant, featured on a videotape released days before the second anniversary of 9/11...