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...didn’t mention my thing,’” Faust said when she concluded the list. “I apologize. Tell me about it. I’ll mention it next year.” THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT During the question-and-answer session, Kirkland House Master Tom Conley complimented Faust’s actions in the wake of a Monday shooting of a Cambridge man in a Kirkland entryway. “I’d like to praise you for coming out of your way yesterday to the House...
...candidates like Bayat who, despite her outspokenness, espouses a different vision of women's rights. A representative in Iran's majlis (or legislature), she and her female colleagues reinstituted gender segregation in the seating of the parliament. They worked to reverse efforts by female reformist MPs in the previous session to join the U.N.'s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Such membership would have obliged the Iranian government to abolish discriminatory rules against women regarding such matters as inheritance, child custody and blood money...
...Israeli journalists who attended the press briefing described the two men as "grim and formal," as if they had both come away from the session with a newfound wariness of each other, like circling prizefighters. Obama wants to rally Arab nations to create a bloc against Iran's nuclear ambitions, and he thinks that the only way to bring the Arabs on board is to achieve headway on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu wants Iran defanged, but the hawkish Premier doesn't see the linkup or why he needs to make concessions to the Palestinians, especially ones that might jeopardize...
...year-old chain has started playing alternative-rock music in its restaurants. It has sponsored more than 30 emerging bands, like Me Talk Pretty, which get free meals on the road as long as they occasionally head to Denny's for a postshow jam session. The chain has also added cheap items to its late-night menu (Pancake Puppies, Kickin' Flavor Wraps), designed to be shared by groups of amped-up rabble rousers...
...test cycle, during which they discuss answers with students and give a pass or incomplete grade. Depending on the number of students taking the test that night, the grading process could vary from being a one-on-one conversation between a grader and a student to a group session involving multiple students. The reduction seeks to increase accountability and alleviate “enormous” variability among graders, said Wei, who explained that because the tests’ format is free response, the grade and quality of feedback largely depends on the individual grader. While some graders are very...