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Clueless, desperate-to-fit-in, optimistic foreigners are a classic comedy trope--the Clouseaus, Cousin Balkis, Morks, Two Wild and Crazy Guys--because they spotlight the ridiculousness that we accept. When he's at a rodeo, driving the crowd into a frenzy with anti-Iraqi, pro-war cheers, Borat demonstrates how much aggression is intertwined with patriotism. And his attempts to be American pinpoint exactly how the world sees us: garish, violent, nouveau riche, a land of Donald Trumps and 50 Cents...
...North Korean designs - and nuclear devices, the Bush administration has assiduously courted the Sunni-dominated Gulf states that serve as key banking and shipping centers for Iran. Next week's exercises are being heralded by Bush Administration officials as a sign that the political leaders in the Gulf accept the U.S. view on the Iranian threat. But some U.S. officials acknowledge it's too soon to tell whether the Gulf states will actually move aggressively to root out Iranian front companies and bank accounts used to acquire materials for the nuclear program, and to pay Hizballah, Hamas and other terrorist...
...University President Lawrence H. Summers and General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano ’83 refused to commit to this kind of framework, arguing that the resulting loss of flexibility would negatively impact the University’s financial interests. Students need to take a stand and refuse to accept this attitude on our campus...
...want my child, who is already gone, to come back. I will be killing his future if I accept that...
...LINE of the e-mail. Do you use Web-based e-mail programs like Gmail or Yahoo! mail? If so, be sure to include the phrase "tags: photos_of_the_year " on a new line at the bottom of the e-mail. We're sorry, but we can only accept one photo per reader. Good luck! By submitting your photo, you hereby grant to TIME and Time.com a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to publish, distribute and exhibit the photo you submit, in any manner and in any medium, without payment to you or any third party. You represent...