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...David Brent—a tremendous achievement.2. “Top Gear”This show began airing in a modified American version in the fall, but was taken off the air in October. Discovery claims it will return soon, however. While liking cars doesn’t hurt, the program is also extremely funny on its own. It also functions just as well as a European travelogue, with beautifully-shot segments, like a race in an Aston Martin DB9 to Monte Carlo, and an SLR McLaren to Oslo. One of the best-made programs you’ll find...
...sexual assault are not uncommon and frequently go unreported. We can debate words and make fun of pronouns, but there’s no real reason why we can’t respect each individual’s right to define gender and sexuality. It doesn’t hurt anyone, and it’s literally a matter of life and death for some students. The semantic debate is important, but it insults our intelligence when words like ze and hir are paraded around by people whose sole intent is to ridicule or belittle them to distract us from...
Hate crimes are terrible acts of ignorance that hurt the entire communities of the victims involved. But if this label is too quickly attached or used toward other ends, it is stripped of all meaning and all moral authority on the subject is lost...
...Erian's geniality could make him a future presidential rival of Mubarak's son, Gamal, 42, who has not ruled out a presidential bid in 2011. It also won't hurt the Brotherhood's image with the U.S. As an activist in the 1980s, el-Erian became friendly with Francis Ricciardone, then a young embassy official and currently ambassador to Egypt. So far, the old acquaintances have failed to reunite. Ricciardone suggests the U.S. ban on meetings could be waived for the Brotherhood's M.P.s, telling TIME, "We have always had contact with elected independent members of parliament." Now that...
...idea of direct elections as early as 2012, when a Chief Executive, who serves a five-year term, will again have to be chosen. But they are concerned, with some justification, that certain policies advocated by the pro-democracy camp?like minimum wages and maximum working hours?might hurt Hong Kong's competitiveness. In order to have a better chance to advance democracy, the democracy fighters must assure the business community, which has Beijing's ear, that what they want won't undermine Hong Kong's economy. So far, the democrats have failed to do so. Politics...