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...well known in Afghanistan? Have they read your books? In Afghanistan today there is, among men, maybe a 70 to 75 percent illiteracy rate. Among women it's probably higher than 80 percent. So the people who tend to read novels are the educated, urban, progressive, affluent professionals. So it's a skewed pool of readers to begin with. Among them, I think the opinion is divided, largely on the side of being supportive. Not always agreeing with everything that I've said, but being glad that these issues are being discussed, that Afghanistan is being discussed. Also there...
...track include Alaska, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia. Many of those states have economies tied to energy or agriculture - two sectors that held up better than most for longer but have been showing weakness this year as the price of commodities has plummeted. State finances tend to lag the national economy, so strength so far is no guarantee things will stay rosy. Of legislative fiscal officers surveyed, including one in Puerto Rico, 26 were pessimistic about the revenue outlook through next summer; last year at this time, none were. Of the remaining officers, 19 were concerned...
...READ THE MITTS Boxers tend to bounce their hands up and down, De La Hoya notes. So as those gloves come up, prepare to pounce...
...David A. Haig and anthropology professor Richard W. Wrangham—the author of “Demonic Males”—primarily cited nature as the source of male violence. Though Wrangham stressed that its being natural should not be an excuse. “I tend to agree on the feminist line that every man is a potential rapist because men are a member of a species that have a certain pattern,” Wrangham said. Social constraints are then crucial to preventing this male violence. “The reason we are presented here...
...cared for properly, if I don't think they're being raised in a way that is consistent with my beliefs of a good life," then trouble can ensue, says Apter. "Each family has its own set of norms that usually fade into the background of their lives but tend to come to the foreground when two families merge...