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...Government agencies and NGOs are working to change that. The National Commission for Women has demanded that the government make it compulsory to register all marriages, which will provide women a more solid legal standing. Meanwhile, activist groups are lobbying for changes in the law to criminalize the suppression of information about previous marriages, and urging the government to sign agreements with other countries to make marital fraud an extraditable offense. In Punjab, where many families have at least one member working abroad, the left-leaning Lok Bhalai Party has made the plight of abandoned spouses a campaign issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Honeymoon's Over | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...They’re a solid football team, a dangerous team,” coach Tim Murphy said. “I told our kids that in 2003, we entered this game 6-0, and I don’t think [Dartmouth] had a winning record, and they clobbered us. We’re prepared for a quality Dartmouth team...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Hopes to Avoid Repeat of Shocker | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...just have to play with the same focus and intensity that we have, and do the things we’ve been doing,” said Murphy. “If we do, we should have a solid chance...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Hopes to Avoid Repeat of Shocker | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...tournament poker is grounded in the idea that the game is based on skill and strategy, like a golf tournament. “You win according to how you finish in the competition,” he said. “That just has no connection in a solid way with what people see as problem gambling.” Since founding the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, an organization at Harvard Law School and elsewhere that promotes poker as a test of skill, Nesson has worked to introduce the game to academia. The society has held multiple discussion panels...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prof Pushes for Gambling Bill | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

Over the following two years, Harvard did not match that success but managed a fourth-place finish in 2006 and a solid third in 2007. But perhaps more than the victories of seasons past, Ridolfi’s strong relationship with the team made him such an asset to the Crimson...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson's Ridolfi to Retire | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

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