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...College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007,” passed in the House of Representatives late last week and contains new measures, such as one to keep watch on colleges whose tuition increases fall in the top fifth percentile and reward schools that successfully restrain student costs. A similar bill has also passed in the Senate...
...wrath of the Arab world when his riot police used clubs and water hoses to attack Palestinian women pleading for Egypt to open the Rafah crossing in Gaza. And despite pressure from Israel and the United States, Mubarak wasn't about to order his men to use force to restrain Palestinians rendered desperate by Israel's siege. The Egyptian President said he ordered his troops to "let them come to eat and buy food and go back, as long as they are not carrying weapons...
...sure why gay men are worse at making up after fights, but I have a theory: it's less important for their sex lives. Probably because they don't have women to restrain their evolutionarily male sexual appetites, gay men are more likely than straight and lesbian couples to agree to nonmonogamy, which decreases the stakes for not repairing. And according to a big study from Norway published in The Journal of Sex Research in 2006, gay men also consume more porn than everyone else, making them more "partner-independent...
Soon afterwards, in his first public appearance since he was sworn in, Kibaki called for calm, said he would talk to "concerned parties" once that was achieved and urged "leaders" to restrain themselves and their supporters "from engaging in unlawful activities." Security forces will remain "vigilant" and "deal firmly" with those who broke...
Enter Countess Popova (Eve H. Bryggman ’10), a velvet-clad Russian vamp who rents a room beneath the Marcassols. Unable to restrain himself, Gustave quickly becomes more than just the Countess’ landlord. But he is convinced that he can only run away with her if he can secure a suitable second husband for Claudine...