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True,but how often is an eight-year-old Christian boy harassed at school because of something that "Christian fundamentalists" were accused of doing? I refer to the aftermath of the infamous Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. The American media, ever anxious to find a scapegoat in the Muslim world, declared that the bombing had the "hallmarks" of Islamic terrorism. This was the consensus of "experts." In the three days following the Oklahoma City bombing, there were 220 documented hate crimes against Muslims throughout the nation. Until it was shown that the bombing was concocted and carried out by homegrown...

Author: By Nader R. Hasan, NADER R. HASAN | Title: Islam Is Not the Enemy | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

Wall Street is definitely pouting. After cramming a whole lot of selling into less than two post-Fed hours, investors were at it again the day after, pushing the indexes steadily downward into Wednesday afternoon. With the markets getting the message that Alan Greenspan is not anxious to ride to their rescue, whither Wall Street now? TIME Wall Street columnist Dan Kadlec gives voice to the bears' lament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street Q&A: 'Somebody's Got to Take a Big Step' | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

...They're really anxious to play," Allard said. "They can't wait to get into the rhythm of playing games every week...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Softball Team Begins Quest for Third Ivy Title in Four Years | 3/20/2001 | See Source »

...Catholics take their own annual pilgrimage to a site where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared. Last year, 200,000 of Vietnam's five million Catholics attended. Like China, Vietnam tolerates religious devotion in churches that are under effective Communist Party administration, but the government appears anxious about the rise of renegade sects. The advocacy group Freedom House recently published "top secret" documents it claims are party directives aimed at suppressing evangelical Christianity, the country's smallest but fastest-growing religion. One document, "The Problem of the Enemy Exploiting Religion," describes a purported plot by "U.S. imperialists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sins of the Father | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...find the idea of one person hitting another absolutely abhorrent - unless it is part of a consensual, adult experience," she says. Decima always makes sure customers have a prearranged "safe word" that will stop the scene if it goes too far. She goes out of her way to assure anxious newcomers that they're not alone and that others share the same desires, "My thing is to make one at peace with oneself. I think I'm a social worker of a kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Love | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

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