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...never find ourselves in need of gifts or loans from flesh and blood, but may we rely only upon your helping hand, which is open, ample and generous." Says Shamsi Ali, imam of the huge Islamic Cultural Center on 96th Street in Manhattan: "In this kind of situation, Muslims turn their face to God and say, 'Almighty God, we submit ourselves fully to you, heal us and strengthen us. What you give, no one can prevent, and what you prevent, no one can give...
Playground gibes are a rite of passage for most school-age kids, but for some children, teasing at school can turn into outright violence and abuse. Researchers say that as many as 1 in 10 children suffer physical attacks, name-calling and other social aggression at school, and a new study suggests that a child's risk of becoming a chronic victim of bullying may depend on factors that appear very early in life...
...classes, especially when so much of it is uncertain or interwoven with fable. There is one thing that can be done in the immediate future, however: We must abolish Columbus Day. Not the national holiday itself; I enjoy the day off as much as anyone else. Rather, we should turn Columbus Day into a holiday that honors all American peoples. In Berkeley, for example, Columbus Day was already replaced with Indigenous Peoples Day in 1992. In parts of Latin America, Columbus Day is celebrated as Día de las Razas to mark the beginning of modern Latin America...
...speech at William and Mary in 2007, when students were still licking their wounds from the domicile controversy. "He was expressing outrage about the fact that so many young people don't vote," Pilchen recalls. "Students were trying to vote forever, and they were just being blocked at every turn...
...major economies to prevent major banking failures and loosen frozen credit. It all proved enough for markets to take heart again, at least for now. By mid-morning, London's FTSE 100 was up 6%, Paris' CAC 40 rose 6.68%, and Frankfurt's DAX jumped 6.25% - a remarkable turn-around from last week's battering that ended Friday with losses of 7% to nearly 9%. Most indices in Asia similarly rebounded, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng rising 6.77%, and Syndey's All Ordinaries up 5.14%. Though the region's showcase Nikkei index remained closed during Japan's public holiday...