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Palestinian militants often treat Western activists in the West Bank and Gaza with respect and gratitude until they find another use for them. Take, for example, the case of Kate Burton, a Scottish aid worker who was kidnapped, along with her parents, by Palestinian militants in 2005. The militants were only compelled to release the Burtons after the Palestinian Authority intervened...
...between topics and applying for funding and to seniors who are fine-tuning their arguments. An internship program is also in the works with Harvard alumni in Europe. Students will have an opportunity to work in a variety of fields, ranging from the management of an estate in the Scottish highlands to working for a member of a European country’s parliament, said Craig...
...afraid of going where you've never been before. There may be a tad less assurance and narrative latticework in these memory pieces than in Munro's more familiar masterworks, as she experiments with different voices (old Scottish), different settings (the 19th century), different structures (one piece lasts 61 pages). Yet all the stories ultimately come back to her master themes, of sloughing off the world one knows and trying on a new life that's unimaginable...
...Scotland: The best small country in the world” just happens to be the ambitious catch phrase of the Scottish Executive, or the government that retains powers separate from the United Kingdom. As explained to me—and as is apparent at the official tourist website www.scotlandistheplace.com—the Scots are working to market their country to the world at large...
...Nicole B. Urken ’07 is a Social Studies concentrator in Kirkland House. Though she laments she will never be Scottish, she does admit to highlighting her hair red. She is still not sure if she should have told airport security if her trip was for business or pleasure...