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Watching The World - Awake! July 2013
Watching The World - Awake! July 2013
Jehovahs Witnesses
AWAKE! JULY 2013
Israel
Good-looking men were more likely to be invited to job interviews when they attached a photo to their rsum; attractive women were less likely. Why? Israeli researchers suggest that this may be because human resource departments tasked with deciding whom to intervieware mainly staffed by women. The unpalatable explanation, says The Economist, is that old-fashioned jealousy led the women to discriminate against pretty candidates.
United States
Three pacifistsan 82-year-old nun along with two companions aged 63 and 57recently breached the defenses of a site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that houses 100 tons of nuclear material, and they painted antiwar slogans on one of the buildings. The lapse in security at what is supposed to be one of the worlds most secure facilities was described by Energy Secretary Steven Chu as deeply troubling.
Australia
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5/16/13
The highest court in the nation requires tobacco companies to remove distinctive colors and logos from cigarette packaging. Now, all cigarettes must be sold in drab dark-brown packs bearing graphic images that depict the dangers of smoking.
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