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...habits, and it was supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Now some Muslim advocates worry that they are being targeted the same way. "Attire is always a red flag," says Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council for Islamic-American Relations. "But what we're seeing is the overall trend of a vocal minority in our society trying to block any accommodation to Muslims." (See the top 10 religion stories...
...Kocurek’s efforts to recover a near-lost point translated into a devastating kill from sophomore Sandra Lynne Fryhofer. However, Harvard could not capitalize on the momentum from Kocurek’s play, dropping the next five points and, eventually, the set.A similar, back-and-forth trend characterized the second set, as neither team gained a significant lead throughout the match. A drop shot from freshman Taylor Docter started a 3-0 Crimson run—which included an ace from Docter—and caused an UConn timeout with the score at 22-19. The Huskies responded...
...perennially met with resistance from high-fashion quarters. As far back as the 1920s, Coco Chanel made white a year-round staple. "It was a permanent part of her wardrobe," says Bronwyn Cosgrave, author of The Complete History of Costume & Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day. The trend is embraced with equal vigor by today's fashion élites, Cosgrave notes - from Marion Cotillard accepting her 2008 Academy Award in a mermaid-inspired cream dress to Michelle Obama dancing the inaugural balls away in a snowy floor-length gown. Fashion rules are meant to be broken by those...
...been actively opening up its regional markets. According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the number of free-trade agreements (FTAs) signed by Asian countries has grown from just three in 2000 to 56 by the end of August. Nineteen of those FTAs are among 16 Asian economies, a trend that could help the region become a powerful trading bloc. "Asian integration is sort of a dream, but it is much more realistic than it was before," says Ganeshan Wignaraja, an ADB economist. "There is a move toward making a better business environment in Asia. The momentum is quite strong...
...still getting hotter - summer temperatures in the Arctic are 1.4 degrees C higher than they would have been if the cooling had continued unabated, according to the study. The most recent decade recorded - from 1999 to 2008 - was the warmest of the past 2,000 years. The recent warming trend has been so strong that researchers say it might have even kept the Earth from slipping into a new Ice Age - although now, of course, the world needs to deal with the opposite problem...