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...think it speaks to the level of professionalism and skill that HUDS exhibits everyday, three times a day, in all its venues," Mayer said. "We're very fortunate to have such a dedicated group of individuals who serve our students, faculty, and staff...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HUDS Brings Home Gold in Cooking Contest | 6/28/2008 | See Source »

...consulting any notes, she never pauses to collect her thoughts. The 15-min. monologue is entirely about her little brother--about how he was an obedient child who loved his family and would do anything for their happiness. Hasna relates anecdotes about Thamer's precociousness in school, his skill at drawing, his talent for fixing household electronics. There's not a single religious or political utterance in the entire monologue, which may explain why it has not been posted on the usual jihadi websites. There's only one passing reference to the U.S. presence in Iraq. "When the Americans first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Female Suicide Bombers: The Latest Weapon | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...thoughts. The 15-minute monologue is entirely about her little brother - about how he was an obedient child who grew up to be a respectful young man, one who loved his family and would do anything for their happiness. Hasna relates anecdotes about Thamer's precociousness in school, his skill at drawing, his talent for fixing household electronics."When anybody in the neighborhood had a problem with their fridge, or their TV, they always came to my brother," she says. "He was so happy when he was mending things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mind of a Female Suicide Bomber | 6/22/2008 | See Source »

...People infer that if something on a menu is difficult to understand or hard to read that it takes great skill and effort to prepare," says Song, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at the University of Michigan. "When I go to an expensive French restaurant, I can hardly pronounce the words on the menu, so I take for granted that it's expensive because it's not comprehensible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Have That Typeface on the Menu | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...responses of subjects exposed to menu descriptions typed in a simple Arial font with responses from those exposed to identical dish descriptions in a harder-to-read Mistral font. Subjects in the latter group were more likely to conclude that the dish was hard to prepare and required great skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Have That Typeface on the Menu | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

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