Word: civilizations
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...country riven by civil war since 1991, lacking a government until elections were held two weeks ago, the Somali Olympic Committee has struggled to get even those two athletes to the Games. "We are a poor country," says SOC president Farah Addo, with great understatement. The IOC, which routinely offers assistance to smaller countries, granted the team $22,000. That covered the cost of travel, insurance and equipment. "But what about the three years preparing them, buying all the equipment, feeding them, keeping them in training?" Addo says. None of the major sporting goods companies has offered any assistance...
Williams's 11.91 mightn't be keeping Ms. Jones (P.B. 10.65) awake at nights, but it does make her the fastest woman ever from civil war-ravaged Sierra Leone. Sydney at the moment is perhaps the best place to be on Earth; by the reckoning of the United Nations, Sierra Leone is the worst. The average life expectancy in this tiny West African nation is 38 years. More than 100 people from a population of 4 million die each day from starvation. The infant mortality rate is 164 per thousand. Once renowned for its pure diamonds, Sierra Leone...
...some ways, after 60 years of oppression, [marijuana smokers] get the satisfaction of civil disobedience," Stroup said...
...There's a special event, so we're here," says Kevin Jones, a BPD spokesperson. "Common sense says you need [the police] to protect the public from civil disobedience...
...teach "approaches to knowledge." Although some courses in each department might not teach to this philosophy, it cannot exclude all the courses offered. For example, why is Social Analysis 38: "Social Stratification" acceptable for the Core while Sociology 124: "Social Stratification" is not? Why is a course on the Civil War allowed when one on Reconstruction...