Word: summering
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...Tourists headed for Cape Cod this summer should leave their cigarettes at home. The ban on smoking begins...
...over the judiciary, security services and the military, means they will still have much political power even if they lose the Majlis. "Even though the conservative clergy dominate, they have to pay attention to the will of the people and the positions of other power centers," says Dowell. "Last summer's riotous protests against repression of dissent by the conservatives served as a sharp reminder that there's a delicate balance of power in Iran, and that Iranians when pushed too far are capable of rebellion, as they showed...
...Keeping young Iranians on board for a patient chiseling away at the grip of the mullahs has proved a major challenge for the reformists, particularly after last summer's protests showed their mounting impatience. But the complex distributions of power and repressive instincts of the conservatives prescribe a gradualist approach among reformists. "If Iran is to complete the dizzying road from theocracy to democracy," says MacLeod, "reformers must find a way to speak to the Internet generation as well as to older Iranians who feel more comfortable with Islamic traditions and like to be assured that the reform movement remains...
...production that was also respected by nonmember oil-producing nations. The Clinton administration has been hands-off until now, saying it'd let the market self-adjust, but prices have just hit a nine-year high - with American emergency crude oil stores at a 25-year low and the summer driving season approaching. And the announcement last week by Kuwaiti and Iranian officials that they'd vote to retain the production cuts at OPEC's March 27 meeting was the final straw in prompting the White House...
...going to spread around the world this summer," says Marilene S. Da Costa. She says that she expects the students will come back to Cambridge next fall as changed people and with plenty of new knowledge and experiences to share with one another...