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...well aware of the fact that sexual mutilation of girls predates Islam (Note: Pharaonic Circumcision), but I refer also to the address presented at the 1979 U.N. Conference for Women, 6 December, 1979 in Lusaka, by the delegate from Somalia, Mrs. Edan Adan Ismael, "Female circumcision ranks high in the list of preventable health hazards and affects almost 100% of the female population of Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti, and to a lesser extent the females of Southern Egypt, Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mali just to name a few." Islam is the religion of Somalia and most...
...would not or could not secure the release of the American hostages. Typical of the disheartening news from Iran was the report the White House received last week that the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini was not planning to release the hostages until, after the U.S. elections in November. In a note at the end of March, Carter requested the allies to make public statements and use their diplomats in Tehran to pressure the Iranians. Says a White House aide: "We asked for prompt, complementary action but not necessarily simultaneous action...
...perfectly demonstrates this principle: a straight slice of rocking blues, with a sweeping crescendo of an opening fit for the King himself. The sheer crunch of two guitars with nothing to anchor them to the rhythm boggles. More often than not, all three instrumentalists seem to play a note or more apart, creating more sonic splash than a complete collection of Carl Perkins records. The middle eight finds either Ivy or Gregory imitating the sound of static on a portable radio as you switch from one station to the next...
...note at the end seems just right: it says that My Brilliant Career was published in Edinburgh in 1901. -John Skow
...Note: No knowledge of Polish required...