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...When the Houses were first built in the early 1930s, the Prohibition movement was still in force. But a love of good wine is more difficult to prohibit...
...state schools in 2004, veiled women - whether they wear a head scarf, a niqab or a full-body burqa - have been caught in a storm of debate in Europe. As a British citizen, Awan still has the right to wear whatever she wants. Several German states, by contrast, prohibit Muslim teachers from wearing head scarves in class. In parts of Belgium, civil servants are banned from wearing head scarves at work, and the Dutch government plans to make it illegal to wear the niqab or the burqa anywhere in public. (The estimated number of women in the Netherlands who wear...
...exceptions. A U.S.-style hands-off approach keeps church and state separate, but still gives the faithful a space in mainstream society: lift statewide bans on the veil (and all other religious symbols), but leave decisions on dress codes to individual institutions and organizations. So while one school might prohibit teachers from wearing the niqab in class, another might not, giving Muslim teachers a choice of where to work. In return, women who cover would have to accept that in certain situations - at passport control, say - security concerns trump personal beliefs and they would be required to show their faces...
Maybe Congress has tools to rein in our willful President other than reducing war funding. Since we no longer have a draft, manpower is limited. But Congress should prohibit sending National Guard or Reserve units overseas. Another approach would be to reduce the size of the armed forces and prohibit the retention of personnel beyond the term of enlistment...
...neurotic, one modest) are applying for the reality TV show “The Amazing Race.” But will their egos even fit in those little packs? Some Porcellian newbies kidnapped two older members so they could chat with them (the club’s venerable rules prohibit members from talking to initiates while in Cambridge). They drove them to Connecticut...whereupon the crafty members promptly stole the kids’ keys and drove away. Harvard’s newest reality TV star is overwhelmed by the demands of fame—and broke up with his girlfriend...