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Further extensions would follow throughout the 1960s, followed by the abolition of parietals in the 1970s.

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Parietals, or: How to ‘Master’ that Petticoat | 6/1/2007 | See Source »

Still, the fact these cases continue to surface is a troubling reminder of what activists say is the schizophrenic approach of the central government towards its own one-child policy: On the one hand, the authorities are loosening up, well aware that the scheme, which restricts couples to one child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Forced Abortions Persist in China | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

“I am ready today to be the President of the United States.” So says Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio). And who wouldn’t be, after 10 years in Congress and two presidential campaigns? Speaking last Friday as part of the Harvard...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kucinich Runs...Again. | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

Ultimately, Hargrove voted for Virginia's apology measure, which was passed in February and acknowledges that abolition was followed by "insidious institutions and practices toward Americans of African descent that were rooted in racism, racial bias and racial misunderstanding." Put more simply, the Maryland resolution seems to imply that discrimination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should States Apologize for Slavery? | 3/27/2007 | See Source »

For a country whose natural and human resources have been exploited for centuries, Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) showed great spirit by beating a superpower 2-1 at Nuremberg in the 2006 football World Cup. The free education established by Nkrumah benefited Ghanaians and served as a model for all of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roots of the Sunni-Shi'ite War | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

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