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...great Mark Messier, winner of six championships during his Hall of Fame career, was fond of taking the Cup to strip joints. After his New York Rangers won the title in 1994, he brought the Cup to a Manhattan venue called Scores. "It was the first time I'd seen our customers eager to touch something besides our dancers," the club's spokesperson said. The Animal House antics of those '94 Rangers - Eddie Olczyk let Kentucky Derby winner Go for Gin eat out of the Cup at Belmont Park, and a couple of other Rangers took...
...South Asia; during the new calendar year, we were dismayed to hear of the Taliban’s resurgence in northwest Pakistan and called upon Washington to re-evaluate its aid strategy towards that troubled nation.While many Americans enjoyed a tranquil holiday season, the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip were not so lucky. When Israel launched its comprehensive assault on Hamas militants in Israel, we censured Tel Aviv for its overly aggressive response to recent rocket attacks on Israeli settlements, cities, and towns. The humanitarian disaster inflicted by Israel’s total blockade of the disputed territory was horrific...
...Food systems in rural Africa are also painfully slow, especially for the women who prepare the meals. In order to serve a meal of nsima (maize), African women must first spend a season planting, weeding, harvesting, and storing their corn, then they must strip it, then winnow it, then soak it, then lay it out to dry, then carry it to a grinder or pound it by hand, then dry it again, and then finally—after walking to gather fuel wood and water—build a fire and cook...
...Today, 96 percent of Gaza’s population of 1.4 million is dependent on humanitarian aid for basic needs. According to the World Food Programme, the Gaza Strip requires a minimum of 400 trucks of food every day just to meet the basic nutritional needs of the population. Yet, despite a 22 March decision by the Israeli cabinet to lift all restrictions on foodstuffs entering Gaza, only 653 trucks of food and other supplies were allowed entry during the week of May 10, at best meeting 23 percent of required need...
...after reports that specialists in high-demand languages like Arabic and Farsi have been discharged for being gay. President Obama has said that he will push Congress to repeal the law, noting that the British armed forces have integrated their ranks without incident. Such a change in policy would strip Harvard of its basis for opposing the military’s presence on campus. Since most liberal politicians—including Obama—have criticized Harvard’s current position, continuing to reject the military after “don’t ask, don?...