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...Wednesday was supposed to be "Securing America???s Future" night. There were policemen and firefighters, diplomats and Senators and soldiers testifying to Obama's strength and strategic judgment. Lest it all sound too muscular, Melissa Etheridge sang to the Big Tent, weaving God Bless America into Give Peace a Chance into Born in the USA. But it was Clinton's appearance that lit up the hall: "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow," Fleetwood Mac sang, and the crowd roared for Bill, no signs, only flags and love for the only living man who gave them the White House twice...
American Fashion (Assouline) Charlie Scheips' sweeping visual account of the history of American fashion?compiled on behalf of the Council of Fashion Designers of America???stretches from the 1930s to present...
America has called Musharraf its best ally in the war on terror. Do you think Nawaz Sharif would be better? I wouldn?t call it America???s war on terror. Terrorism is our own fight as well, and if it coincides with the American agenda or the international agenda well that?s fine. But we feel, and I am quite convinced, that without fighting terrorism Pakistan cannot prosper. Pakistan can never become a forward-looking progressive nation. I think by our acts we have demonstrated this commitment. When Nawaz Sharif was Prime Minister in 1997, we were combating a different...
...would almost surely conclude that the sensible division of responsibilities would be for Europe, with economic resources and manpower exceeding those of the Soviet Union, to concentrate on the conventional defense of the Continent. To maintain the global balance of power?by definition as essential for Europe as for America???the U.S. would emphasize highly mobile conventional forces capable of backing up Europe and contributing to the defense of, for example, the Middle East, Asia or the Western Hemisphere...
...foreign-born students in America???76% of them Hispanic?are taught at least some of their schoolwork in 70 dialects and languages. The federal Office of Bilingual Education alone sponsors 700 programs in 41 states and five territories, at a cost of $135 million; the spectrum of languages sweeps from Aleut in Alaska to Yiddish in New York. Meanwhile, at least ten states have passed legislation mandating bilingual instruction in those school districts with a minimum number of children?usually ten to 20?who speak a foreign language and are seriously deficient in English...