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...Hadfield, in elections the “campaign tactics are most important.” Ali A. Zaidi ’08 and Edward Y. Lee ’08 have taken a more theoretical approach to their campaign. “We’ve tried to resist the slogan based culture,” says Zaidi, citing their slogan “I am Harvard’s Promise” as more of a maxim than a self-endorsement. In reference to the organization America’s Promise, where Zaidi works alongside the likes...
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...took longer to hit the brakes than drivers who weren't otherwise distracted. Data from real-life driving tests show that cell-phone use rivals drowsy driving as a major cause of accidents. SUV drivers, it turns out, are more likely to talk on a cell phone--and to resist wearing their seat belt...
...expert Olivier Roy writes that since 9/11, Muslims find themselves, their actions, and their motives being interpreted, characterized, and frequently skewed from non-Muslim perspectives. He's got a great point. One shouldn't doubt the concern and good intentions of progressives and secularists calling for Muslim women to resist socio-cultural coercion and shed the hijab and niqab as an impediment to full integration into European society. Still, those same opponents of the veil shouldn't presume they can dismiss as misguided or deluded the conviction of women who say they wear hijab by choice, and who argue that...
...following the latest attacks, the pressure on Maliki from his own base to resist U.S. demands will likely be greater than whatever leverage President Bush can bring to bear: The Iraqi leader has long made clear that he can only move against the Shi'ite militias after the Sunni insurgent threat has been removed, and the bloodshed in Sadr City Thursday will only reinforce that point. Indeed, Sadr's party threatened to quit the government if Maliki's meeting with Bush goes ahead next week - and Sadr's support has been critical to keeping him in power...