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...attitude is characteristic of many other cultural traditions as well.“A lot of parents feel that you’re going to dilute your culture if you date someone of a different culture,” he says. In contrast, Summer says she found that the strongest reactions came not from her family, but from her religious community.She says that when she ran for the position of Hillel President last year, some notable people in the community expressed concern over her involvement in an interfaith relationship.“It was not a huge issue...
...Harvard fencing team made its strongest showing so far this season at the Penn State Invitational Saturday. In an all-day team event, the men and women competed against four universities. The men finished undefeated (18-9 vs. NYU, 18-9 vs. UNC, 14-13 vs. Penn State, 20-7 vs. Rutgers) while the women fell just short of perfection in a hard-fought 15-12 loss to Penn State (18-9 vs. NYU, 24-3 vs. UNC, 21-6 vs. Rutgers). “It was the best performance since last year,” Harvard coach Peter Brand...
...secret flights or didn't know about them. "I cannot imagine how something like this should happen without (the government) knowing," thundered Gregor Gysi, head of Germany's Left Party, this week in the Bundestag. "International law has to be used to limit the power of the strongest." The idea that European governments might have been complicit in holding detainees in secret challenges Europeans' sense that they hold the moral high ground over the U.S. on issues of human rights...
...cycle. If Affleck is able to mount a relatively successful campaign, he will not only keep George Allen from receiving the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, but he will also allow Mark Warner – certainly Virginia’s and one of the nation’s strongest Democrats – to save his money and energy for 2008. And that’s all assuming that Affleck loses. Though Benator will almost certainly result in a technical loss for Democrats in 2006, he may be the key to a strategic win for Virginian and national Democrats...
...crucial for the agency, as it combines marketing, local knowledge, and savvy in getting employers to hire Aboriginal people; it then requires poise and wisdom to mentor the new workers and to maintain the relationship with the employer. "The employment coordinators are our lifeblood," says Estens. "They're our strongest and weakest link." Finding people with the necessary experience is difficult; the pressure to perform is high, as is the turnover; and the best ones always seem to end up with a better-paying job in a large company or in government. Dahlstrom is most comfortable away from the office...