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...Reform efforts are further complicated by the upcoming referendum in Ireland over the E.U.'s Lisbon Treaty: the 'no' campaign has generated remarkable traction by arguing that Ireland risks losing its generous farm subsidies if voters accept the treaty...
That we have reached a point where the Supreme Court of California is willing to accept the institution of gay marriage is a sign of the incredible progress that the gay rights movement has made. While this decision will help promote an outcome that I strongly support, the court’s move is founded on the wrong reasons and reflects an overreach of judicial power that rests on a shaky argument...
...deputy, telling them he would hire the most qualified candidate, regardless of race or ethnicity. He then hired two deputies - an African-American man and a Hispanic woman, both with two decades on the force. Next, he offered 21 of the department's 25 district commanders the option to accept new assignments or retire, antagonizing many department veterans. "Those changes were a little premature," says Mark Donahue, president of the city's Fraternal Order of Police. "It's hard to believe he'd have gotten to know those folks on a personal basis in such a short period of time...
...dozens, the hundreds, though he says that what he really wanted in a woman was "loyalty, companionship, friendship, ferociousness." He sees himself as essentially selfless in bed: "I don't like being loved; I like loving. I have too much love to give; I don't want to accept it." That sounds more like the need to control, dominate, set the terms for sexual combat...
...state relief campaign: soldiers unloading relief supplies from helicopters, generals inspecting neat rows of refugee tents. Government propaganda is also used to justify the curtailment of most foreign assistance. This week the junta has ejected almost every expatriate aid worker from the disaster area. The people of Burma will "accept any kinds of foreign aid with appreciation," comments The New Light of Myanmar, a mouthpiece of the ruling junta. "However, they will not rely too much on international assistance and will reconstruct the nation on [a] self-reliance basis." The same article trumpets Burma's prompt delivery...