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...trump a broad coalition and the national interest. The Senate is considering a similar bill, and a reform effort led by Republican Richard Lugar of Indiana seems likely to meet a similar fate. The Bush Administration has made noises about a veto; Kind says the President, famously reluctant to admit mistakes, confided in a private chat that he regrets signing the lavish 2002 bill. But it's never wise to bet against the farm lobby, which spent $135 million on lobbying and donations last year and brilliantly portrays opponents as enemies of the heartland of America. "The game is always...
...Arabia, a channel for the Arab world that will make its debut on Nov. 17, and Al Helm is the local version of the popular MTV show Made. Al Helm, however, is more than just youthful wish fulfillment. "It's very powerful and unusual for an Arab man to admit failure like that on TV," al-Emam says. And in Saudi Arabia, MTV's largest market in the Middle East, the episode quietly subverts the Saudi law prohibiting women from driving. As a Saudi female race-car driver, al-Emam is an impossibility...
...said that the bubble was not covered extensively in the late 1990s because journalists are more interested in projects with a more immediate impact than those with longer time frames. John D. Cella ’08 said he was encouraged by the willingness of Quinn and Norris to admit that there were mistakes made in the coverage of some financial issues, but added that he was less pleased about how they suggested that articles often cater to popular opinions. “It sort of proved that stories are based on demand,” he said...
...Even within the hard core of the HLF, these many different “omnibuses” of libertarianism are represented. Harris, a senior with a knack for the kind of convincing, charismatic conversation usually associated with politicians, firmly aligns himself with the Deontologists. But he does admit that it is tough to believe that some rights should be upheld regardless of situation...
...before we laugh it off, we must admit that there is something fundamentally unsettling about the idea of Hell. Even in Salem, the horror capital of Massachusetts, the most terrifying sight was not the man in the lab coat covered in body parts or any of the copious witches. It was a group of four Christians from Repent America, equipped with signs, megaphone, and fliers, out to warn us that, according to the words of Saint Paul emblazoned on one of their signs, “neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous...