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...sphere of influence and this is natural. According to Kenneth Waltz and other prominent political scientists, all nations, regardless of regime type, attempt to maximize their power in order to survive in the inherently anarchic international system. As such, even full-fledged democratization in China is unlikely to affect its objectives. Much like how the US established and still sustains the Monroe Doctrine, China may try to set up an equivalent system...
...Several alumni—both those who said they drank in college and those who identified as non-drinkers—said that the change in the college policies and the drinking age did not affect their lives. Some were already 21 by the time the law took effect; others said they primarily drank at private parties where the hosts had apparently had no trouble acquiring liquor...
...After reading the TIME 100, I came to several conclusions. First, the world is apparently being shaped by virtual unknowns. Second, in many cases, the real influential people seem to be the ones writing the essays. And third, aren't the media that report on the events that most affect the world among the most influential? Curiously, their names were missing. The Rev. Al Detter, Erie...
...Really, it's a poor person's tax.' SEAN O'BRIEN, a professor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City's law school, saying such fees unfairly affect struggling families...
...journalism you aren’t going to affect the world greatly every week or every month,” Nelson said, “But if you can do it a few times than it makes your work worthwhile...