Word: statement
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...last resort to solve international conflicts, especially if the United States is not involved. However, whether we like it or not, the United States is part of a global community, and we therefore have a responsibility to participate in an international effort to maintain peace. It is a sad statement to the world when the only troops maintaining peace are from India or other African nations. We are sending a clear message to the world that we do not care about the welfare of the people of Africa...
...Lots of people, including myself, have criticized the BGLTSA for being offensive, unresponsive and irresponsible," Cho wrote in his pre-election position statement...
...care. He refused to give permission for his 12-year-old son to be tested. Tannahill's reasoning is eloquent in its simplicity: "Too many of our rights have been taken away. You just have to put your foot down somewhere." For acting on this simple statement of faith in the Bill of Rights the Tannahill family has become the target of communal outrage, including physical threats, and Tannahill has since lost his job (although his employer claims it was not related to his position on drug testing...
...make no further personal donations to his alma mater, the University of Oregon, after the school joined the Workers' Rights Consortium, a labor-rights organization that has been critical of working conditions in Nike's overseas factories. Knight, who's given $50 million to the school, said in a statement, "The bonds of trust [that] allow me to give at a high level have been shredded." Apparently, so have plans for an $80 million expansion of the school's stadium, a project for which Knight was a primary benefactor and which university officials say they may now be forced...
...compound that desire, of course, is the fact that you've said that you dreamed of being a small time crook growing up. It's a strange statement to make until we actually see this film. This is your fantasy being acted...