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When contacted for a response, Abercrombie & Fitch issued the following statement: "We cannot comment on pending litigation. We have a strong equal-opportunity policy, and we accommodate religious beliefs and practices when possible. We are confident that the litigation of this matter will demonstrate that we have followed the law in every respect...
...Psychologists call this the Lake Wobegon effect - after the fictitious Minnesota town invented by Garrison Keillor, who described it as a place "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average." We all tend to be overconfident about ourselves in surprising ways. About 90% of drivers think they are safer than the average driver. Most people also think they are less likely than others to get divorced, have heart disease or get fired. Likewise, according to a late-August poll by CNN/Opinion Research Corp., more than 60% of Americans surveyed...
...team in shots, assists, goals scored, and total points. However when asked about his success this season, the veteran is quick to recognize the team’s effort as a whole.“What we’ve been really focused on this year is being strong on defense which develops into good offense. So far we’ve seen really good results,” he said.In fact, Harvard’s defense has given up only two goals in five games, while the offense has scored an impressive 15 goals on its opponents. This...
...progress cannot be measured by a nation’s willingness to abandon Hellman’s and Gap. It’s perfectly reasonable for Indians to be proud of how far they’ve come, particularly in a third-world country that is emerging as a strong player in the global economy. Still, a retreat inward is not only fundamentally flawed, but also ultimately futile. (Exports of goods and services as a share of India’s economy have practically quadrupled in the past two decades.) What better triumph for Indians, what better act of empowerment...
...heightens our concerns about the case because you would expect that if the government's allegations were based on strong evidence, that there would be charges brought based on terror-related evidence, not making false statements." - Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. (New York Times, Sept...