April 9, 2005
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 Cricket is one of Pakistan’s favourite sport and when our team is playing against India our enthusiasm knows no bounds. All eyes and ears are glued to the TV sets or...
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COVER STORY: Swinging moods
 Have you ever wondered what this thing called mood is? Not to ignore its vital use in our daily routine. Well ‘mood’ can be classically explained as a state of feeling...
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Pakistan has psychological edge over India
 After a nail-biting finish to the Test series where both India and Pakistan showed the cricketing world what Test cricket is all about, where a draw was hailed as much as...
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Our solar system
 Our solar system has nine planets that travel in fixed pathes or orbit around the Sun. Planets are the largest objects that circle around stars. They may be rocky, like the...
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Pope John Paul II: The giver of blessings
 The year was 1978. On September 28, just 33 days after he had been chosen to be pope, Cardinal Albini Luciano, who had chosen for himself the name Pope John Paul...
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Eating disorders: It’s high time we got over them!
 ‘Oh I’m very concerned about my figure! I go to gym and skip lunch to keep myself fit…and never have any chocolates or sweets to keep myself in shape!’ these are...
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Be slim and smart
 To become slim might be the reverie of every person but this courage is mostly found in women, as they want to be slim and smart to wear well fitting dresses....
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STORY TIME: Why Always Girls?
 She was running and running, madly, not even giving a second thought to what she was doing .Covering her whole body with her duppata which now felt quite valuable to her....
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STORY TIME: A menace at times!
 It all began when our biology teacher brought her five-year-old to school. We fussed over him, mentioning how cute he was, how sweet his smile was, how intelligent he looked…blah blah...
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STORY TIME: A selfless deed
 “Oh Pervaiz, I am so worried. Sara hasn’t returned from her school and now it’s 5’oclock,” sobbed Mrs Pervaiz....
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DEBATE: Is it really love?
 “I love him”, “I can’t live without her”. No, no these are not the dialogues from a movie or drama but are words that are frequently spoken by young boys and...
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DEBATE: Why is the sky blue?
 A beautiful blue sky on a clear day is a delightful sight to behold. It is soothing to the eye, and refreshes the mind. As your eyes scan the skies...
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Do ghosts really exist?
 The devil is said to be the one who causes evil in the world. Children are sometimes coerced to behave by threats that the “bogey man” is going to get them....
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WEEKLY UPDATE
YANGYANG: A forest fire that forced more than 2,000 people from their homes and destroyed an ancient Buddhist temple appeared to be under control but could still be dangerous, officials said...
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QUIZ: Do you know the word?
1) What does ‘recondite’ mean? 2) What is ‘pulchritude’? 3) What is the meaning of ‘obsequious’? 4) What is ‘chalcedony’?...
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STUDENTS DICTIONARY
Bunking: A banishing act often performed by students to abstain from the tedious task of studying......
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Do you know?
• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. • Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. • The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all....
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QUOTES
If you bow at all, bow low. Chinese Proverb The ancestor of every action is a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson ....
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POETS’ CORNER
You left me here You left me here, you left me here Its not fair, father, it’s not fair You went leaving me, to the heaven above...
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MAIL BOX
I totally agree with Amnah Wajahat’s views in her article “All about first impressions”. It is true that we misunderstand people by their appearances....
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SUPER SIS
I am thirteen years old. My problem is that I am a very big fan of an Indian small screen actress. I want her e-mail address, I have tried Internet and TV a lot, but I can’t get it....
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BOOK: Holes
 Stanley Yelnats’ family has been cursed for generations so he is not surprised when he is wrongly accused of stealing and is sent to a juvenile delinquent centre for boys. The...
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WEBSITE: PC guide
As with the rapid increase of technological development in the computer industry, it has become essential for us to apprehend the significance of these modern technologies. Here is a website where...
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MOVIE: Taxi
 Need to take a break from all the serious movies that have been hovering Hollywood for the last few months? If yes, then go for Taxi, which breaks this chain and...
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MUSIC: The system has failed
 Well, the 11th album of Megadeth titled as “The System Has Failed” is out on the shelves. The album is a mixture of both heavy and death metal is heavy and...
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GAME TALK: The lord of the rings
Nowadays, people consider GTA games to be the best games in Pakistan. The truth is that none of them are as thrilling as EA’s The Lord Of The Rings The Return...
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