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...Taliban, musical performances were banned. So was TV. But today, media company Moby Capital Partners, owner of Tolo TV, is prospering. Tolo TV's mix of news, sports, music, reality shows and Indian soap operas draws nearly two-thirds of the country's viewers, according to a recent survey by a Kabul consulting company. Tolo, one of six private stations in Afghanistan, has drawn the ire of conservatives who decry its use of female presenters. But its programs appeal to young Afghans (half the population is below the age of 20), and advertisers are stepping up. Saad Mohseni, an Afghan...
...have often taken different approaches in instituting reform.Anene, an Eliot resident who says he was an “all-American kid” in high school, was elected to the UC his freshman year.Hoping to finally extend dining hall hours, he spearheaded a phone survey of “hundreds of freshmen,” wrote a 20-page position paper about the issue, and met with administrators.Two years later dining hall hours still haven’t budged—but Anene says the experience gave him “a better feel for how the University actually...
...only the Japanese public agreed. A survey by the Mainichi Shimbun last week found that Abe's popularity had dropped to 53%, down 14 points from when he took power at the end of September. Some deflation was to be expected after his quick start, but the steep dip is feeding the perception that as strong as Abe appears abroad, at home he seems disengaged and clueless about the real concerns of voters. Despite his insistence that Japan has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, Abe seems unwilling or unable to rein in cabinet ministers who keep raising the unpopular...
...research and study-abroad initiatives, an increase in the number tenured faculty, and the hiring of more visiting and non-tenured professors. Currently, FAS offers roughly 15 courses that cover regional studies of South Asia, many of which fall under the auspices of the Core Curriculum. The only survey course focused exclusively on modern South Asia, Historial Study A-16, “The Making of Modern South Asia,” is a Core course. Languages do not fare much better: though the number of courses in South Asian languages stands at 69, the distribution favors ancient languages like...
...Follow-Up Study. The research was unique for its huge sample size—47,422 men and 88,471 women—and for examining the consumption of specific types of meat in relation to bladder cancer, Michaud wrote in an e-mail. The study used questionnaires to survey participants’ food consumption over a period of up to 22 years. Meats such as hamburgers, hot dogs, processed meats, and chicken cooked with skin were found to have no significant association with bladder cancer risk. Bacon, though, contains high concentrations of nitrosamines, known carcinogens. And heterocyclic amines, carcinogenic...