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Think globally, act locally. That's the message as more and more communities turn to nonbinding ballot initiatives to chime in on national and foreign policy. In Wisconsin last week, residents of 24 counties passed resolutions calling for U.S. troops to pull out of Iraq, joining dozens of towns in Vermont that have passed similar measures. Seven states--Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana and Vermont--and nearly 400 counties have voted either to criticize or ignore the Patriot Act. Come November, voters in localities across the U.S. will be asked to say yea or nay to affirmative action, abortion...
...would be hard to find a more pure example of balance-of-power politics, but if Bush continues to pull the strings as delicately as the U.S. has done in the recent past, the game won't degenerate into a replay of World Wars I and II. Compared to the previous contenders, both sides have reasons to be cautious. China cannot risk its trade surplus with the U.S., and Washington must speak softly lest Beijing dump its vast reserves on the market, driving down the value of the dollar. The U.S. needs China to constrain North Korea's nuclear ambitions...
...difference in the game. “The other [doubles] team had more energy and picked it up towards the end,” Kumar said. “These things happen, but despite this, we still had our chances in the singles, but we couldn’t pull out some close matches. It’s been the same old story in these 4-3 losses.” In the singles matches, Harvard and Columbia were evenly matched. Kumar defeated Jimmy Moore 7-6, 0-6, 6-1 at the first position, freshman Sasha Ermakov picked...
Pederson did not compete in last week’s events due to a muscle pull in her back, but is anxiously awaiting the upcoming competition hosted by Crimson rival, Yale...
...turf that lies between the U.S.-controlled areas of the compound, known as the Green Zone, and the uneasy "Red Zone" of Baghdad: it?s called the Amber Zone - and it has become, in many ways, a microcosm of the dilemmas facing the Americans as they try to pull back from the rest of Iraq...