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Critics and state officials say the reason so many young men are expelled is not because they are failing to meet priestly standards, but for darker reasons: to winnow the bachelor pool so the group's leadership can add more young wives to their families. "No matter what happens to Jeffs, there's going to be a huge problem with little girls marrying old men, and huge problems with kicking boys out so they can marry these little girls," Tyler said. [Adults are exiled too. A year before Smith was expelled, his father was "kicked out" and his mother...
With that, a dish that traces its roots to the prostitutes of Naples (legend says they made the spicy dish for their clients) moves one step closer to the malls of America. Every six months, the restaurant's R&D chefs winnow hundreds of ideas for new menu items--the Cheesecake Factory's version of American Idol--and Matz's puttanesca has reached the finals. After a few years of rounds that added Asian, Caribbean and Latin American flavors to the menu, this round of revisions will reimagine familiar classics like spinach salad, corned-beef hash and spaghetti with...
...crucial identification number to function in this country.However, these transformations cannot occur overnight. Most people living in the United States already have SSN’s, and the SSN has become too customary to expect an immediate decrease in its use. Although efforts should be made to winnow out the overuse of SSNs, in the mean time, the SSA should resume issuing SSNs to foreign students as they did just one year ago.June Hwang ’09, a Crimson editorial comper, lives in Grays Hall...
...project’s two co-chairs. “We felt that by spotlighting them and telling their stories they might serve as examples to others.” CPL selected a group of 35 judges, themselves leaders in both the private and public domain, to winnow down an original list of 300 nominees. One of the judges, Alan A. Khazei ’83, said they were looking for people who helped develop other leaders and made unique contributions in their fields. “You don’t have to be a household name...
...REVIEW OF A RECENT NOVEL OF YOURS SUGGESTED THAT ONE OF YOUR CALLINGS HAS BEEN TO WINNOW THE KOOKINESS OUT OF RIGHT-WING POLITICS. ARE THERE KOOKS STILL IN NEED OF WINNOWING? There are always kooks. The question becomes, Is their strength damaging to the vital and healthy organs of a political movement? The communists took over the American Labor Party. The Birchers did not take over the Republican Party...