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...last year or to reprisal killings by Sunni insurgents. The Awadis were lucky: they had fair warning. Adnan still remembers the strong body odor of the six armed men from the Shi'ite Mahdi Army militia who walked into his office at the Health Ministry and demanded that he quit his job and get out of the country. Said the leader of the group: "We are cleaning the government, throwing out Sunni garbage like you." He told Adnan what would happen if he didn't obey. "They would kidnap all of us, put drills into the eyes...
Between working on a book about underground rap battles in Los Angeles, founding the Hiphop Archive, and playing out her own East Coast/West Coast rivalry, Stanford professor Marcyliena Morgan may just be too legit to quit. After ditching Harvard for California when then-President Lawrence H. Summers denied her tenure, Professor Morgan is due back in Cambridge this January as a tenured professor. FM chatted with Morgan by phone about Ebonics, sexual innuendo, and the future of Hiphop. 1.Fifteen Minutes: You’ve been called the “hip-hop” professor. Harvard isn?...
...Evil tour. At each stop, the group has invited local talent to share the stage with them, as a way of promoting emerging Middle Eastern stand-up comedy. In Lebanon, guests included students from the American University of Beirut, and an insurance agent who's clearly dying to quit his day job. And, perhaps, by heaping scorn equally on the claims of all sects and creeds, they'll do their part for peace in the region. "Is there any religious group that doesn't believe it's superior to everyone else?" said Aron Kader, the Palestinian-American...
...series history against Providence that dates back to 1985. “Providence is historically a great hockey powerhouse and it’s always a good match up,” Cahow said. “They are always playing to win and never quit.” The Friars are led by senior defenseman Kathleen Smith who has 11 points through 14 games.While Harvard faces two Hockey East opponents this weekend, UNH is set for two games against No. 6 Mercyhurst in its own slate of non-league play—making Monday’s reveal...
...spotlight. Known for his energy and creativity, 42-year-old Cutler is a man behind the scenes, making strides in the fields of public policy and health economics as a health care adviser to big names such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. But he hasn’t quit his day job: Cutler emphasizes that his passion lies with his teaching and research as a professor of economics...