Word: stoppingly
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...first show. “I want to make a glorious fool out of myself,” she says from underneath a gruff and virile porn-stache. In the end, even for the pros, drag seemed to be all about community and fun. “I will stop doing drag the second I consider it a real job,” Carpenter said. “It’s a great group of girls. And in the end, we’re all we have.” Carpenter affectionately referred to each of her colleagues...
...students who live and go to school at Harvard, we know that workers are as much a part of our community as faculty and administrators,” she said. “We hope that the Council will join students in putting pressure on Harvard to stop laying off workers and keep our community together.” Bedardo Sola, a janitor who was recently reinstated at the University, said through his translator that he now understands what it is like to be enslaved after having taken up the workload of three workers. Counsellor Kenneth E. Reeves...
...permanent state of unrest is another question. Last year, the nation's all important tourist sector ground to a halt during the eight-day long protest at New Bangkok International Airport. A recent survey by the Suan Dusit polling agency shows that nearly 70% of Thais want Thaksin to stop inciting unrest and allow the government to work at solving the economic crisis. With the Thai economy set for a potential contraction of up to 4% this year, the Asian Development Bank said earlier this week that political infighting could hamper the effectiveness of the government's $44 billion economic...
...year-old girl pinned down by as many as three men - among them her brother - while a fourth flogs her repeatedly, chastising her for having an alleged affair. She lets out a shriek with every lash, pleading for mercy. Dozens of men look on, but nobody speaks out to stop the lashing. (See the video that has raised alarms in Pakistan...
Human-rights activists from the region insist that the girl in the video and the countless other victims in Swat are too helpless to speak out. "Who can stop the Taliban when they claim to be working in the name of Islam?" asked Yasmine Khan, program coordinator for the Female Human Rights Organization (FEHRO) for Swat, who recently fled to Islamabad after allegedly receiving death threats by Taliban militants. "Things are out of hand, and the government cannot control things." (See pictures of the front line in the war against the Taliban...