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...dictating that female soldiers who become pregnant--and the male soldiers who impregnate them--be punished, perhaps National Organization for Women president Terry O'Neill should have studied military law. It prohibits male and female service members from having sex in a combat zone. Accountability may be a foreign word to O'Neill, but it's not to the vast majority of our brave servicemen and -women...
...Fighting Word...
...wake of a controversial court ruling, extremists in Muslim-majority Malaysia vandalized nine churches, using firebombs and paint. The Malaysian high court's decision held that a Catholic newspaper should be allowed to refer to God by the Arabic Allah. Previously, the government had banned the use of the word in non-Muslim publications. The uproar was a sign of the religious rifts challenging the multicultural nation, which has a 9% Christian minority. The court's ruling will not come into force while an appeal is pending...
...Gies much later and was impressed by her sincerity, the simplicity of her comments and the moving quality of her smile. Calm, soft and reserved, she radiated nobility and strength of character. She talked little and quietly, reflecting on the significance of every word. When speaking of the past, she seemed to relive...
...with a huge payoff, we heard that in Computer Science 179: "Design of Usable Interactive Systems," students formed groups, and each group got an iPod Touch to use for the course. We're not sure whether they'll be able to keep them. The course Web site uses the word "loaned" to describe the state of the iPod, so probably not. But hey, a programmer can hope...