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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Taliban, many women say the burka is the least of their concerns. Dr. Rahima Zafar Staniczai, head of the Rabia Balkhi hospital for women, remembers how Taliban religious police would beat her in the street any time they caught her rushing to work uncovered: "They would hit us and spit on us, and then we would have to come in to the hospital to do our work." All the same, she says, what women wear is a secondary issue. She lists the real priorities. "First we need peace. Then we need a central government. Then we need education. After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Face for Afghan Women | 11/25/2001 | See Source »

...second guest spit venom at the state of Israel. He denounced the country and accused its citizens of perpetuating the longest colony of the modern era. Whereas the first speaker made recommendations to both sides for eventual peace, the second warned that only when the colonizers “pull back” would the violence come to an end. (Two notes of relative importance about him: First, he unfortunately neglected to specify to where, exactly, the Israelis were meant to retreat. And second, before beginning he made sure that the tape of the lecture would not fall into...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: Indoctrinating, Not Educating | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

...from 14,000 a decade ago. The increase is due in part, Shapiro thinks, to a new understanding of how to make writing more interesting. "Writing used to be a punishment," she points out, using the classic image of teachers' assigning kids the task of writing "I will not spit in Susie's hair" 100 times. "In the past two decades, there has been a realization that with so many things competing for kids' attention, we must teach writing properly, show kids how powerful it can be." A student in the program explained that the classes introduced her to classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Writing Wrongs | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

Most everyone at Harvard slaves and sweats over the social cause of their choice: “Ten dollars an hour!” “Color-blind love!” “Rape happens at Harvard!” Of course, arms flailing and spit flying, students often find themselves preaching to the choir. And this is as good as it will ever get for them; nowhere else will they enjoy as tolerant, as sensitive and as dogmatically liberal a community as the university...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pathological Progressivism | 10/4/2001 | See Source »

Mastracchio said the second half got even more risque, with female contestants vying for Wint’s affections. First question: Oral hygiene—spit or swallow? Overwhelmingly the contestants opted for the latter...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: First-Years Get Wild at 'Singled Out' | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

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