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...Mormon women in the Boston area have worked in less overtly political ways through the creation of Exponent II, an organization and publication of the same name, aimed at raising consciousness of women’s issues and rights within the context of Mormonism. Several of the founders of the Mormon Peace Project and the Mormon Worker paper are church members from Boston or Harvard alums...
...We’re taking too many penalties, in my opinion,” Stone said. “We just need to be a little bit more disciplined in that area of our game, and just have everybody be on their toes. I think we were sitting back on our heels a little bit today...
...rushed among the injured, he paused to open the jacket of one severely wounded man and found that he was wearing an explosives vest. The victim was a second suicide bomber, who was also supposed to blow himself up. Says Chief Inspector Kobi Mor, "When I arrived at the area, one of the people told me that there was a terrorist who was still alive. I pulled out my gun and saw him reaching towards his explosives belt. I fired at the terrorist...
...than 21% of Japan's population is aged above 65, and that number will rise to 36% by 2050. Those numbers are good news for retailers in Sugamo, where January 24 is the equivalent of America's Friday after Thanksgiving: As many as 80,000 visitors flock to the area to pay their new year's respects to a famous statue at Koganji Temple believed to cure their ills. With about 200 shops and two temples along Jizo-dori, overflowing with free food samples and women's wear, Sugamo appears to be pioneering retail techniques to the aged...
...sake is also bought as an offering to any of Sugamo's two temples. The main one, Koganji, originally drew seniors to the area because it houses the Arai Kannon that, when washed and scrubbed by believers, is thought to cure illness. In the area surrounding the Kannon statue are two signs: one directs line formation; the other trumpets a nearby defibrillator device. Both signs are there to put Sugamo's visitors at ease...