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...bear. Increasingly, they symbolize the struggle to marry tradition with modernity and to set down roots in the West. The most daring buildings are dreamt up by second- and third-generation Muslim immigrants, who have the confidence and cash to build stone-and-glass symbols of Islam's growing strength in places like Europe. Simply importing traditional mosque architecture "doesn't express loyalty to your current surroundings," says Zulfiqar Husain, honorary secretary of an innovative new eco-mosque in Manchester, England. "It almost expresses that you want to be separate from the society you live...
...World War I and its aftermath that set the stage for both Mussolini's march on Rome and Hitler's attempted putsch in Munich. By the time of the Depression, in 1929, the fascists had been in power for years, and the Nazis had been growing in strength for most of the decade. Furthermore, Gingrich's description of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff seems to imply it was part of F.D.R.'s New Deal. Smoot and Hawley were Republicans, and the act that bears their names was passed in 1930, during the Hoover Administration. If Gingrich is unable...
...Massachusetts two weeks later. While Harvard will attempt to secure another win against a ranked team, the Crimson will also look to tally another win away from home, bettering its road record of 3-1. For Harvard, Saturday’s game will provide a test in strength between the two Ivy League offenses. “We just have to play our game,” Smith said. “One of their big tactics is to come right out and sort of intimidate their opponents right off the bat. But one of the things we?...
Beloved (read: loveably crazy) strength coach Craig Fitzgerald moved on from the Crimson in January to join the old ball coach at University of South Carolina as head of strength and conditioning for the football program. The popular coach's departure disappointed many of Harvard's athletes, but the opportunity to work with a bigtime SEC football program was lost on no one. For those curious about what Fitz is up to now, it seems that the energetic trainer is already becoming infamous at his new school. Details after the jump...
...dying to see how the American model will work and whether private-sector incentives can actually sell the more difficult assets," she said skeptically. "But we can't dodge the issue because otherwise it will take far too long before the banks can return to their full strength...