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...force the local public school to take down the crucifix from his son's classroom wall; when a judge rules in his favor, a wave of outrage sweeps the country. At a public high school outside Paris, two sisters are expelled for refusing to remove the head scarves they wear in observance of their Islamic faith - yet a dozen or so of their classmates wear head scarves and have not been expelled. And in Germany, a teacher sues for the right to keep her head veiled in the classroom, and after a five-year battle she wins - except the court...
...judge has temporarily suspended the original decision, delaying the removal of the crucifix until at least Nov. 19. In France, the case of the teenage sisters Lila and Alma Lévy-Omari - expelled last month from the Henri-Wallon public high school in suburban Paris for wearing their head scarves, or hijab - has refocused attention on a cultural fracture that began in the late 1980s. Critics claim that's when Islamic fundamentalists seized on head scarves as a symbol of women's affiliation with their hard-line beliefs; others say the hijab's prevalence was simply the way daughters...
...president's opponents surely hope so. "He blamed the sailors for something that his advance team staged," said General Wes Clark. "I guess that next thing we are going to hear is that the sailors told him to wear the flight suit and prance around on the aircraft carrier. This is a president who does not want to take accountability." White House officials dismiss criticism from the president's opponents. "They have ten different positions on the war that they can't get straight," said a senior Bush aide. "I'm glad they can keep a single position...
...king but made only a few very half-hearted attempts, my favorite drag is when I get to dress up like a “woman.” I shave my legs, I harness on my thigh-high boots, and I put on something tight. But when I wear my feminine accoutrements, it’s not considered entertainment, nor is it particularly out of the ordinary. A man in drag is often perceived as doing something silly—wearing uncomfortable clothing, removing body hair in uncomfortable ways. Why would men ever do such uncomfortable things, except...
...really hate lines. I get very upset with the people standing in them sometimes. Waiting in lines, the philosophy of lines, it’s very annoying. I also wear a very big, paint-covered sweatshirt when I write...