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...intelligent design insist that it is founded on science, because evolution can't fully explain some of the complexities of living things - the structure of the eye, for example - which they argue follow a conscious design. And while some critics maintain this argument is but a ploy to avoid the Supreme Court's ruling, advocates of ID avoid identifying who or what that designer might be. Could be Klingons, even...
...fight, but felt itself restrained by its agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to maintain "calm" until the January parliamentary elections. When rockets being carried by Hamas men exploded during a parade last week in the Jabalia refugee camp, the resulting deaths had to be blamed on Israel - to avoid embarrassment and accusations of hurting the Palestinian people. That also afforded an excuse to hit Israel. Hamas pulled back after a few days and ordered its men to once again observe the truce, however, because it didn't want to be blamed by ordinary Palestinians for drawing the Israelis back...
...under former Secretary of State Colin Powell. "The Chinese have attempted to play as even a hand as they could, and they just haven't given up." Pritchard says that Beijing is less committed to a nuclear-free North Korea than Washington is?China's main concern is to avoid a collapsed state on its border. But the fact of an agreement shows that the two giants can find common ground. "There is no daylight whatsoever between us [the U.S. and the Chinese]," says a senior U.S. diplomat with knowledge of the negotiations. "No one is giving these guys...
...that Harvard should forget about over 100 years of Harvard football tradition, among other things, because student-athletes are part of a different pool of applicants than non-athletes? Personally, I did consider applying to Harvard in the “regular” pool of applicants to avoid the upturned noses of such persons. Alas, I did not do so. I guess I find solace in being an honors government concentrator with a 1580 SAT score, a 4.2 high school GPA, and a 3.5 Harvard...
...After 9/11 the Tigers feared they would eventually fall foul of the new U.S. war on terror, and, partly to avoid that, quickly agreed a ceasefire with a new, more moderate government in Colombo, under which they opened up their territory (the north and east) to all except government troops. But since there was no question of giving up the dream of an independent homeland for which they had fought so long, they set up formidable new borders around "Eelam" to underscore the impression of sovereignty. Entering Tigerland today means a vehicle search, a bag search and a body search...