Word: schoolgirlisms
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...discussed a similar case of a schoolgirl who was denied permission to take an exam wearing a headscarf...
...Kiyan Khaled al-Sayfi, 16, is a Palestinian schoolgirl from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. She studies at a school in the camp run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency...
...come up with here are offensive: tying sensitive males with powerlessness, athletes with stupidity, and academics with homosexuality (something no doubt more offensive to homosexuals than to academics). All of these stereotypes seem not just prejudiced and distasteful, but also outdated, like the erotic costumes for Hurley (the Catholic schoolgirl outfit, the civil servant uniform, the angel costume, etc.). All in all, for a movie with huge swaths of Brendan Fraser running through it, Bedazzled is surprisingly bearable. But if you expect to see anything that you haven't seen before, or anything that will make you laugh harder than...
...Olympic medal is a dream that Nott has been chasing since she was a schoolgirl. Slightly built, she was an accomplished gymnast but didn't make an Olympic team. She picked up volleyball and basketball and then zeroed in on soccer, making several national teams. She failed to make the team that competed in the 1996 Olympics, but a job with the Games' organizing committee got her to Atlanta anyway, and she took up weight lifting to stay in shape. "Tara's athletic background, mental toughness, physical gifts give her a great foundation for any sport, including weight lifting," says...
Unfortunately, some of the treatments for head lice are more dangerous than the bugs. Earlier this month, a Colorado schoolgirl suffered severe burns after she was treated with gasoline. Other remedies are highly toxic; lindane, used in some prescription remedies, has just been banned in California...