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Kadivar has written that there are six contradictions between traditional Islamic teachings and modern norms of human rights--for example, the status of women in society. He believes the religion was meant not to be static but to be adapted to the times. "We cannot use a historical interpretation of religion in the modern world," he says. Although Kadivar does not consider himself a political activist, he admits that he is driven by a desire to undo religious despots who have hijacked the Islamic revolution. "What the people wanted was something different," he says. "Who were [the mullahs] to destroy...
...interests lie in the "why" of human behavior; in the forces within the personality that determine its actions. The new chair of dynamic and abnormal psychology which he will occupy is not to concern itself with the material of what is ordinarily considered academic psychology--sensations, perceptions, associations, the static mechanism of a mind--but rather with what might be called "purposive" psychology, human behavior and its driving forces...
Watch out, fashionistas: Playful pinks and soothing coral tones are back on the runways this spring. While, I admit, this newsflash does not threaten my thoroughly static wardrobe one bit, many will take this news as a mandate to abandon last year’s satiny and florid pastels for this year’s newest trend. But not us Harvard kids...
...Harvard, next year’s incoming freshman class will have, for the first time ever, more women than men. The admitted Class of 2008 set records for percentages of Asian American, African American, and Latino students. But the American Indian percentage of admitted applicants remains at a static level of under one percent. Banks hopes that “the new Financial Aid Initiative will provide even greater leverage in our recruitment efforts,” but until these new practices are made concrete, the number of American Indian applicants is unlikely to rise...
Patterson also said he was surprised by the “significant jump in interest of young adults” compared to relatively static numbers for those older than...