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Last month, Abdel Wahed came to Harvard and told his story. He spoke of being an individual who considered himself a proud member of the Arab world and an Egyptian citizen, until his government and society decided that his religion invalidated his centuries-old tie to Egypt. Abdel Wahed’s life is powerful proof of the destructiveness of hate, and the impact of his story lies in the 900,000 times it was repeated. There are nearly one million people whose histories parallel Wahed’s, who experienced the same fear for their lives, and who underwent...
...very young Lenny Bruce in a bow tie appears onscreen; he's doing not very funny impersonations. This is far removed from the later and more familiar agitprop Lenny. "Today's style started with Lenny Bruce. See," says Seinfeld, pointing to the screen, "he knew he couldn't be Danny Kaye." But it wasn't the political Lenny Bruce that influenced comics, Seinfeld says. "It was Lenny talking about his life. He had a routine about his wife wanting to have a kid, and he'd say, 'Why bring strangers into the house?'" Seinfeld laughs...
...than he is like his easygoing brother. The Governor is a policy wonk who has to grind away for his successes. When George, not Jeb, was the first to win a statehouse, Mom exclaimed, "Can you believe it!?" Jeb isn't nearly as playful as his palm tree--covered tie would suggest. At a retirement center in Boynton Beach, he solemnly shakes hands, quietly adding an "honestly" to his "I need your vote." He tells TIME the race is close "but not as close as Mr. McBride's internal polls suggest. That's a fund-raising tool." At a school...
Another man wearing a stars-and-stripes top hat with a matching tie, handkerchief and ribbon wandered through the crowd clutching a drink...
...teams have gotten off to a slow start. After last weekend, the league’s record stood at a paltry 9-13-6, with most of those wins coming against weak competition. The league’s finest hour thus far was Vermont’s 1-1 tie at Boston University...