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...rest of the boxing world. By the end of the 11th round, a humbled Barrera had been bludgeoned into submission, with Pacquiao landing 150 more power punches than the Mexican. The referee stopped the fight, and Pacquiao raised his arms, crying and smiling as his cornermen draped the Philippine flag around the shoulders of the featherweight dragon slayer. "At least they're finally beginning to pronounce his name right," says Rod Nazario, Pacquiao's longtime business manager...
...leaving little room for new ones. There are only five opinions you can have about abortion, according to a report prepared for the Opinion League of America. There are only two possible opinions (sometimes characterized as yes and no) on capital punishment, just one on matters implicating the American flag. Under these circumstances, it would be annoying to be told that it is unacceptable for an opinion to be used more than once. Worse than annoying, it would be wasteful. Call it plagiarism if you like; we prefer to think of it as recycling. Facts are like air: they...
...Hamas does the same for slain fighters in a well-oiled campaign to turn every death to its advantage. One unit arrives at the morgue with a loudspeaker van to play Hamas' famous funeral song. Another unit organizes volunteers to carry the body, draped in a green Hamas flag, to the dead person's house, then to the mosque and then to burial. For Muslims, accompanying the body earns points in heaven. A third unit goes to the dead militant's home to set up the mourning tent and prepare refreshments for the crowds who will come to show their...
...told aid donors, "We're just taking baby steps toward handling our security environment." Hopefully, the generous pledges of aid will allow him to take larger strides. - By Charles P. Wallace Allies in the East BELGIUM The accession of seven East European countries to NATO was marked by a flag-raising ceremony at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels and celebrations on the streets of the new members' capitals. The expansion, the biggest...
...THINK IT IS HARDER OR EASIER TO SHOCK AN AUDIENCE TODAY? I like to push people's buttons. I like to bother people's sacred values. It is not hard to do that with certain topics. I find the taboos of today are religion, the flag and children--the parent-child phenomenon. This cult of the child has developed, and the cult of the parent--which are to me appalling and overdone and probably dangerous for children...