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...months since, CNOOC's $18.5 billion bid for Unocal?which threatens to trump a rival $16.5 billion offer by Chevron?has created a storm of opposition in Washington. To CNOOC's surprise and dismay, its bid has become a locus for all the angst some Americans feel about China's rising economy, adding further tension to already strained trade ties between the U.S. and China. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 30 warning that the proposed acquisition poses a threat to national security and urging the Bush Administration to block any deal...
...video-game addict, I'm not at all surprised by the features of the new Xbox. I'm no conservative moralist, but I am worried by the incredible darkness in the gaming world. Most current game designs (besides those of sports and auto-racing titles) are oppressively heavy and angst-ridden. I hope the next breakthrough in gaming ends the ceaseless marketing to the basest instincts of the 18-year-old male psyche. I will stick with sports games, but I am concerned that my 10-year-old son is growing up in a world in which even previously lighthearted...
Senior theses provided a way for Huebner and others to deal with intellectual angst of Sept. 11, but for Neal, who will be serving abroad, the decision not to write one was not too difficult...
...game addict, I'm not at all surprised by the features of the new Xbox. I'm no raging conservative moralist, but I am worried by the incredible darkness in the gaming world. Most current game designs (besides those of sports and auto-racing titles) are oppressively heavy and angst ridden. There is ceaseless marketing to the basest instincts of the 18-year-old-male psyche. I am concerned that my 10-year-old son is growing up in a world in which even previously lighthearted games now include blood splattering and bad language. Perhaps bringing the Xbox...
...This Is Our Youth” tells the coming-of-age story of three New York teenagers in the early eighties, and for Kohanski, the awkwardness of the characters is inextricably intertwined with the time period in which they lived. “The story of angst-ridden teens on the brink of adulthood reflects the awkwardness of the culture between the seventies and the overindulgence of the eighties,” she said...