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...Tehran will also be encouraged by the similarities between the two cases - the fact that military action is widely seen as carrying risks that outweigh benefits in each case, and the fact that the U.S. and its allies have only managed to muster support for sanctions by diluting them to the point of being largely symbolic, because of opposition by key Security Council players such as Russia and China...
...That's probably wishful thinking. Shared democratic values are unlikely to outweigh China's enormous trade potential for both Japan and India, and Japan won't replace its special relationship with the U.S. - especially if Tokyo remains diplomatically isolated in Asia. A rising India, on the other hand, may be enjoying the new experience of being courted by its neighbors. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited New Delhi last month bearing economic gifts, and Abe will almost certainly acquiesce to India's top priority: Japanese acceptance of the recent deal normalizing U.S. and India's nuclear relation. As the only victim...
...pros of the postseason tournament, however, outweigh the cons for one simple reason: the current state of affairs in the Ivy League is one of extreme stagnation. A postseason tournament, even if it only included the top four teams, would give teams at the bottom of the standings an incentive to fight for that crucial last playoff spot, rather than to play out the string in meaningless games. As it stands now, every year is the same, with Princeton or Penn coming out on top, and every year a multitude of pointless games are played down the stretch between...
...rewards of her new life far outweigh the sacrifices, Garwin says. Practicing her trumpet used to be squeezed into morning or evening hours. Now, she says, she can concentrate her full energy on perfecting...
...work, and yes, we have to devote a lot of time to the class. But the rewards from the math community, the other people in the class, and the satisfaction of learning so much in such a short period of time so greatly outweigh having to put that time...