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...Seoul needs U.S. troops on its soil to protect against a possible North Korean military threat. In the meantime, it's monitoring what other Asian nations are doing. "If the Japanese go, Korea might go," says Mo Jongryn, an international-relations expert at Yonsei University in Seoul. A similar calculus is being assessed in Thailand, which has 443 troops in Iraq and has already suffered two soldier casualties. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he will consider pulling out Thai troops if the situation deteriorates...
...Jesus Die? Mel Gibson's film and Holy Week prompt believers to explore a still thorny query: Exactly what was the divine calculus by which the Crucifixion saved humanity...
That is, not who (on earth) killed him or even exactly how much he suffered. But what was the cosmic reason for his agony? What is its purpose, its divine calculus? How precisely does his death, usually referred to in this context as the atonement, lead to the salvation of humanity...
...Iraq, however, the partisan calculus is different. Looking back, the Democrats accuse the administration of misleading the American people and mishandling the political, military and diplomatic planning. But with some 120,000 U.S. troops under fire in Iraq, partisan divisions begin to blur when it comes to the question of what must be done. Both sides emphasize their commitment to "staying the course," and whether the issue is sending reinforcements, taking steps to win greater international support or revising political plans to adjust to unfortunate new realities, Kerry may find it hard to stake out territory that's substantially different...
...close to half past four on a Friday afternoon, the math lounge fills with students. Comrades catch up on the week’s events and a pair of graduate students work on originating theorems that make even the most difficult of Math 55b, Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra, problem sets look like lonely, cowering schoolchildren. “I have a lot of fun doing math,” Matthew C. Bainbridge, a third-year math grad student, boasts, boldly sporting a KISS T-shirt emblazoned with Gene Simmons’ trademark tongue...