Niloofar, who is twenty-seven, is a striking woman with a strong face and high cheekbones, and, on the day I met her, at the Parliament, she wore, instead of a burka, a brilliant turquoise shalwar kameez and head scarf all the more noticeable in the assemblage of drably suited and robed male M.

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One of the letters was discovered on Friday at about 2 p.m. by a male employee assigned to the mayor's mailroom in Manhattan, a law-enforcement official said.

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"I've been using washrooms for 15 years and I don't want to be discriminated against, and I'm scared to go to a male washroom, " she said.

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"I'm just calling to help out, " the male donor said.

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His name, or so I'm told, is Willy, a five foot high male American White Pelican.

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He said Mr. Smith entered the house at about 2:20 a.m. when the front door was open because a male resident of the house was about to move his car.

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After Madison moved into the mansion, she had to follow a 9 p.m. curfew on non-club nights, not talk to the male staff, not have an outside job and never wear red lipstick, she said.

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