Word: standout
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Making itself a standout amongst nations in Islamic worlds, Egypt amended its divorce laws last Wednesday and began to lift the veil of repression that has relegated women in Egypt to second-class status for centuries. Not only will a woman now be able to divorce her husband without his consent, she will also be able to garnish his wages if he is recalcitrant in providing support. A state fund has also been established to assist those whose husbands cannot be found. Perhaps as noteworthy as the reforms, though, is Egypt's proof that granting equal rights to women does...
First, a little background. In 1898, Nannie Noble established the William Belden Noble Lecture Series in honor of her late husband, a much-loved Episcopalian who had been a standout Harvard College student and who was studying for the ministry. The purpose? "[T]o continue the work of William Belden Noble, whose supreme desire was to extend the influence of Jesus as 'the Way, and the Truth and the Life,' and to make known the meaning of His words, 'I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more abundantly...
...Smashing Pumpkins has pulled off the feat in the past--the group's ridiculously titled 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, featured some of the most accomplished rock music of the '90s. The new CD, while not as bold or brilliant, does contain a fair number of standout tracks. Machina is unreconstructed alternative rock, with screeching guitars and obscure lyrics. The best songs (the incantatory The Everlasting Gaze, the thunderously tuneful Stand Inside Your Love) make the less-compelling numbers worth slogging through...
While the team was not able to fulfill its aspirations, it did have several standout performances that kept it in the running for the title. In fact, the team boasts four swimmers that made the finals in all three of their events...
...Nixon target of the late '40s 7. Dan Glickman's Cabinet dept. 8. Words from the town crier 9. The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring refrain 11. Treat again, as leather 12. Sandler of Big Daddy 14. Gore was mistaken for Prince Charles on his show 16. Soccer standout Hamm 19. __ Lee Masters 20. U.N.-recognized group since 1974 21. Jockey's handful 23. Loop trains 24. __ Lanka 26. Yodeler's perch 27. 30-Across's "__ right-wing conspiracy" 28. "Early __ ads" (soft-money purchases) 29. Go hungry 30. Ex-candidate Forbes campaign manager Bill Dal __ 31. Made...