Word: student
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...student militants did well by their exploits, later winning election or appointments to high posts. But their luck ran out after Khomeini died in 1989. In 1991, Asgharzadeh found himself not only removed from his seat in Parliament but also heading for prison for criticizing the despotic tendencies of the ruling clergy. The student militants were again excluded from politics. "The embassy takeover was in defense of Iran's independence," explains Mirdammadi, 44. "But after Iman Khomeini died, the danger was to democracy. Iran moved away from the freedom of choice and expression that had been promised to the people...
...Participation Party and is one of the architects of Iranian detente with the West. In 1998, ignoring the howls of the hard-liners, Abdi traveled to Paris and met with former hostage Barry Rosen, achieving a reconciliation of sorts. A sign of Abdi's influence: last summer's student riots began with a protest against the closing of his newspaper, Salam, by conservative-controlled courts...
...year-old senior, is a finalist for homecoming queen at her mostly Hispanic school in the Lincoln Heights section of Los Angeles. She hopes to wear both a football helmet and a crown before the day is done on Friday. "I want it bad," says Cruz, who is also student-body president and is listed on the football program at 5 ft. 6 in., 151 lbs. "But that's with the pads," she says defensively of her weight. She doesn't have a date for the dance yet, so there's some sensitivity there...
...teacher reading this article, I wasn't surprised by the diversity of the student body. Rather, it was the message that came across from the administration and staff: little or no homework because few do it anyway. "They can learn in class even if they aren't doing homework"--what educational philosophy is this? College preparation or adolescent latchkey? Just keep the kids in school (especially the blacks). They're money in the bank. Cha-ching. Typical high school. What a joke! JAMES R. DE LUCA St. Louis...
Webster Groves students' approach to romance may puzzle their parents, but it is familiar to any student of anthropology. Childhood friendships that naturally flow into sex as girls and boys mature are a common pattern in tribal societies, in which everyone knows everyone else and sexuality is taken in stride. So are sexual practices designed to avoid pregnancy, and a lack of desire to spend time with one's partner to the exclusion of other young people--just as at Webster Groves. Dating is a modern invention, which makes sense only among large groups of people who do not know...