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...deductible on car loans would spur sales," says NADA economist Paul Taylor. The NADA is also supporting "cash for clunkers" initiatives, which encourage consumers to upgrade their older cars to cleaner, more fuel-efficient models. "None of these have been costed out yet," says an aide to a Democratic member of the House of Ways and Means Committee. But she says they are likely to be part of the economic stimulus package proposed by the new Obama administration...
...evidence of private homosexual conduct?The answer is that several authorities are guilty of the same sin as the HRW: disregard for historical and cultural context. Ignorance of the wide history of Shari’a law has permitted judges to antagonize gays.A study by International Human Rights Committee member Osama Daneshyar finds that Shar’ia law historically protects most private behavior without qualification. It stems from a commandment in the Qu’ran for humility on the parts of would-be prosecutors, namely “Thou Shall Not Spy”. The invasion...
...Rubeiy isn't a top contender. He is campaigning as a member of the secular Iraqi National Accord Party, headed by former Prime Minister Ayad al-Allawi. It is a party that falls below the popularity of ruling Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa Islamic Party. Rubeiy believes that his party ranks fourth or fifth in the eyes of his fellow Iraqis in the capital...
...worked at the shelter over the summer, helped to prepare Yelbi to take the SATs and the TOEFL, a standardized exam for students whose second language is English. Lauren M. White ’11, a volunteer at the shelter and a member of The Crimson’s business department, wrote his peer recommendations. White, Adam S. Travis ’10, and Akshata Kadagathur ’11, also read and revised Yelbi’s essays.Meanwhile, Ganong and Yelbi spent Sunday afternoons in the Science Center, working through application and financial aid forms.On Oct. 29?...
...1960s, when the town endured tumultuous Civil Rights protests, and was even known as the "Klan Capital" of the U.S. In recent weeks, national television cameras have swooped into town. One front-page Times-Picayune headline blared: "Change of heart doomed woman." Joe Culpepper, captain of Bogalusa's 39-member police force, says the whole ordeal "took us by surprise. We have our share of white trash up here. But the community has evolved past Klan-type behavior. Nobody is on that page anymore." Andre Johnson, one of two blacks on the seven-member governing board of Washington Parish, says...