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During his time in Cairo the sheesha, which is a fixture in the city's cafes, became for Mark a way of meeting people outside the university. "People are always surprised to see a foreigner sit down and be familiar with a sheesha," says Mark," and they get very curious and friendly. It's a very communal custom...
...inquiring calls came not only from the press, but also from curious alumni, city officials and Harvard staff members...
...intends to point out discrepancies in what Eileen told various family members and her marriage counselor. Also, she could have learned circumstances of the murder from Susan Nason's older sister Shirley, who was present when the police visited the Nason family after the body had been found. A curious fact that can be used to different effect by both sides is that Eileen's older sister Janice went to San Mateo County authorities five years ago with her own suspicions about their father's involvement in the Nason murder. Police said they did not have enough...
...Denial of equal opportunity on the grounds of race, gender, religion, nationality or political affiliation (among other criteria) has long since been barred. Discrimination based on sexual orientation thus reamins a curious anomaly...
...campaigned for public office in Floresti (pop. 2,000), 340 km northwest of Bucharest, where most of the villagers are employed on a nearby state-owned farming cooperative. But with multiparty elections scheduled for this Sunday and more than 80 political parties in the race, the farm workers are curious about both the process and the promises...