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...Technique doesn't replace politics; there have to be ideas, convictions, a discussion of the stakes," said Lionel Jospin, who, you might have thought, would have had the decency to stay silent: Jospin was so disastrous a Socialist presidential candidate in 2002 that he was beaten in the first round of voting not just by Chirac but by the far-right demagogue Jean-Marie...
...draconian measures to control the population. As long as they can convince us that the threat is severe enough, we are going to willingly give up our freedoms. What they seem to have lost sight of is that government is there to serve the people, not the other way round. Grimble Gromble Melksham, England Why Such Discontent? in the article about islamic discontent fomenting in Britain [Aug. 21], Beena Faridi of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (ihrc) characterizes Israel's actions of self-defense as collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder and kidnapping, and indiscriminate rocket...
...Barry Bonds - by juicing their students on test days. On those days, the free lunches that poor students received had unusually higher calorie counts. Among those students, English test scores rose by 14%, and 18% in History and Social Studies. Maybe they scored higher on the next round of child obesity tests as well...
...crackdown is seen as clearing the decks of potentially embarrassing dissenters before Beijing hosts the Olympic Games in the summer of 2008. The Chinese authorities are particularly sensitive to media coverage in periods leading up to major events like the Games. Many analysts note also that the latest round of sentencing was pointedly held up until after President Hu's visit to Washington...
...means there isn't enough capacity left over to supply smaller or newer mining operations. That has become an opportunity for a growing group of big-wheel brokers. The rubber is meeting the road at up to $60,000 apiece. "The shortage is enabling anyone with something black and round with a hole in the middle to supply it at an exorbitant price," says Prabhu. "People have even told us to put our tires on eBay." Prabhu won't sacrifice the company's relationship with longtime customers for short-term gain...