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...wartime patriotism still ruling Capitol Hill, few legislators want to be seen second-guessing the Pentagon, even as it proposes a $48 billion boost for next year that is larger than any other nation's total defense budget. Wartime budgets inevitably require painful sacrifice elsewhere (Bush wants to limit the increase in domestic spending to 2%), but this military-spending plan--the biggest buildup since the Reagan Administration--may be paying for the wrong war. Military budgets are always full of riddles and mysteries, but never has the Pentagon appeared so at war with itself. It is fighting...
Earlier this month, Turkey's multiparty parliament amended key articles of the criminal code whose purpose, civil-rights advocates have long argued, was to limit legitimate freedom of expression. Approved despite the fierce objections of conservative legislators, the changes include reduction of sentences for insulting branches of the Turkish state (including the courts and the military). The changes also make it more difficult to prosecute cases under article 312 of the penal code, under which it is an offense to incite hatred based on class, race, religion or region. That catchall clause has been used to pursue anyone expressing...
...laws, which will be presented to Parliament by March 1, would limit the grounds for getting asylum, increase from three years to seven the waiting period for permanent residency and cut welfare payments by 30%-50% depending on family size. Another proposal would change marriage laws to require a person living in Denmark to have an apartment and $5,800 in the bank before marrying a foreigner, effectively barring marriage to the unemployed. If the couple divorce during the seven-year waiting period, the foreign spouse would be sent home...
Although the price of this project and its clientele restrictions (Coincidence Design only serves heterosexual male clients) severely limit those who may seek such a service, it still has a deep underlying problem. Splurging $80,000 to potentially acquire a dream mate through an artificial amount of luck, charm and personality follows the disturbing trend where individuals deliberately change who they are to attract others. Women are just as guilty as men. Pick up any edition of Cosmopolitan and one can find the monthly installment of tried and proven pick-up tips or captions telling women the essential personality traits...
...limit my embarrassment, I became adept at dodging the food students threw at me during lunch. I located my classes on school maps and developed new routes so I could avoid the between-class hangouts of certain students (particularly the ones wearing tight jeans with large belt buckles). Within a few months, though, I was tired. As good as my navigation skills had become, I hated constantly rethinking how to get from point A to point B. It still hurt to hear students whispering about me in class and to feel too scared to say anything. I hated the sound...