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...clubs’ heavy wooden doors. But the existence of alternatives does not eliminate the problem. Many women may not participate in final club culture, but many others do—as long as some suffer from gender discrimination, the issue is not resolved. And while it might seem that students could simply cut clubs out of their social lives, this request is not as reasonable as it sounds...
...what do the politicians believe might help to improve British politics? The Conservatives seem to be pushing people power, JFK-style. "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country," intoned Cameron, waving his new manifesto, which also proposes California-style referendums and U.S.-style charter schools. A recent report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee highlighted strains in the bond between London and Washington and suggested that Britons stop using the phrase "special relationship" to describe it. But if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the U.S.-flavored...
After 16 years as a band, probability is working in their favor. Despite Stirratt’s having been one of the founding members and Cline’s status as a recent addition, both seem equally accepting of the industry’s vicissitudes and extremely happy with the group’s current line-up. “Ultimately it’s playing on the road that’s kept the band out there” said Cline. “As long as we keep playing, we’re fine, because people come...
...Broward County state attorney grand-jury report. In South Florida overall, there were 176 pill mills, up from 66 just 14 months before. This has contributed to tourism - pill-shopping trips to the Sunshine State from Tennessee and Kentucky, where authorities have cracked down hard on similar clinics, seem to be as common as Disney vacations nowadays. In the parking lot of the Broward Pain Clinic, there are just as many license plates from Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky as there are from Florida...
Perhaps the greatest threat China's censorship regime now faces is that it can't seem to stop debate over censorship itself. Since Google declared in January that it planned to stop censoring its Web search results in China, the state of online censorship has come under increasing scrutiny. The Chinese government has sought to portray its conflict with the Internet giant as a commercial dispute and a simple matter of law. But to a significant number of Chinese Web users, the extensive Web restrictions increasingly chafe. So they make use of widely available proxies and virtual private networks...