Word: sufferings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...urged first-year students to be "bravely experimental" when choosing their courses and told them that they should never have to suffer in a course. "The curriculum is not designed to fill your minds, but to open them," he said, echoing the words of a fellow administrator...
...Algerian people are Muslims," says the voice on the minaret's loudspeaker. "The police who prevent people from coming to prayers are not true Muslims." Security forces surrounding the mosque listen impassively as the message grows more strident. "This government ruined the country. It is the people who suffer from the economic crisis. The government claims it is Muslim, but if it is, why won't it proclaim Shari'a ((Islamic law))? The people of Algeria want an Islamic state. They should be allowed to choose this freely...
...even Costner can suffer a total eclipse of the star. Last year Columbia Pictures sent him to Mexico, gave him a pretty woman and a passion to ride after and called the movie Revenge. For Columbia, the only revenge was Montezuma's: the picture went down the commode in a flash. It stumbled to a $15 million gross, less than a tenth of what Dances with Wolves or Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves will have earned in North American theatrical release...
...Swiss fiscal system closer to that of its European neighbors. Says Christoph Blocher, Zurich industrialist and member of the federal parliament who is leading a campaign against E.C. membership: "If Switzerland joined, it would have a lot to lose: sovereignty, independence, democratic rights, neutrality and security, and it would suffer lower wages and higher taxes...
Businessmen like Baer worry less about adverse economic effects than about the psychological and social impact of going it alone. If Switzerland stays outside the E.C., they say, Swiss students will lack the Europe-wide educational opportunities offered other European youth; Swiss scientific and industrial research might suffer from not joining in bigger projects...