Word: actioners
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...More than 80,000 farmers took part in the continent-wide day of action, which, along with the milk-dumping, also included a "milk strike," with farmers refusing to deliver to industrial conglomerates that produce cheese, skimmed milk and other products. The farmers' aim: to force the European Union to take action to combat plunging milk prices, which they say have left them in financial ruin. (Read "China's Poisoned-Milk Scandal: Is Sorry Enough...
...there's the rub. When Marxism was transformed in the 20th century from a social theory to a set of guidelines for the conduct of state action, it became an evil, responsible for the deaths of millions and an intolerance that reduced the intellectual life of much of the world to a frozen stubble. With the pages of that narrative fresh in the memory, it is easy to read history backwards, and conclude that Marxism came into being with a livid birthmark that would disfigure it for ever. (Read: "Marxism: The Persistent Vision...
...planning and execution. Understood together, the events of 9/11 and 8/29 point to a new conception of national defense: one less obsessed with speedy anti-terror response, which, as on 9/11, will often fail or prove untenable, and more focused on basic, boring competence in those areas where governmental action really is plausible and necessary...
...First-year coach Tom Williams has a battle at quarterback on his hands. Junior Brook Hart, who started five games last year, is the incumbent, but sophomore transfer Patrick Witt has been seeing a lot of preseason action as well. Whoever earns the job will have some familiar faces at receiver, as the top three targets are all back. The Bulldogs also lost several key players from the defensive unit, which was tops in the Ivies with just 10.5 points allowed per game...
...Lesson learned: they all end up dead, maybe. The most egregious sin is the movie’s total lack of suspense. Imminent danger is signaled by the scraping of the murderer’s weapon (a tire iron) against a wall. Suspenseful music, by contrast, delivers no thrilling action, and thus becomes such a frustrating aspect of the movie that by the end there is no uncertainty—however fleeting—of what comes next. Both “Sorority Row” and Theta Pi eventually go down in flames. In the theatre, the film?...