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...think one of the reasons this has been hard on the Justice Department internally is because so many people have respect for him ... We can't attack him as a political hack, because he's not. He's a political person, but first and foremost, he's a prosecutor." - Senior Bush official, on why Bharara was such a formidable adversary, during an interview with the Legal Times in April 2007 (Politico...
...like to think of myself as a columnist,” said Parker, at the Harvard Kennedy School event. “A columnist is first and foremost a journalist...
...description beyond the official role of organizing E.U. summits and meeting with foreign leaders. The president could become a powerful, high profile and recognizable face for all of Europe. But momentum in the E.U. is building towards having a leader who is a skilled mediator first and foremost -someone who can ease internal tensions and get all 27 countries on the same page when need...
...that people choose to self-destruct, killing others in the process? The key motivator for a violent actor who seeks to die like a martyr is a strong attachment to a community, usually a religious community. There are dozens of reasons for killing, but violent martyrdom is first and foremost about belonging. Strong emotional ties and strong feelings of mutual obligation often hold religious societies together...
...Israel, and some pacifistic, like the early Quakers. I even regard Gandhi as an individual who was given to self-destructive impulses. The reason for the preponderance of this phenomenon in Middle East today is not the different nature of Islamic faith or moral values. It is first and foremost the social disruptions that these parts of the world are undergoing. In other words, the basic cause is social while the second is religious and aesthetic...