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...presidency is the apex of Turkey's secular state system, and draws its symbolic strength from the country's founding President, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who inscribed a pro-Western orientation into the political DNA of the state he built on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Secularism - the strict division between religion and public life - is a lasting Ataturk legacy, as is a ban on wearing headscarves in public buildings...
...Kisargi is dismayed by his failure, during a trip to the U.S. last summer, to win support for Christian refugees from politicians and business leaders. The country he had once thought of as the apex of the civilized world is now ignoring its responsibilities, he said. "If you want to make a war, you have to protect the people...
...such devotion to an over-the-hill hack? This wasn't a case of, say, a blue-blooded Barbaro coming to a poignant end at the apex of his career. Silent Witness inspired loyalty and fervor partly because he was a global champion. He repeatedly trounced many of the world's best speedsters. For the Hong Kong Jockey Club, internationally renowned for its wealth and incomparable facilities but not, till recently, the quality of its thoroughbreds, Silent Witness showed the Club packed horsepower too. Though racing has played a central role in Hong Kong's social and economic life since...
...really looking forward to playing on a team with such a high level of talent.”As the captain of Southridge School’s team last year, Brawn had 12 goals and 18 assists.RANDI GRIFFIN and AMY UBERRandi Griffin, a native of Apex, N.C., is a proven talent with a knack for goal- scoring. Last year she led all scorers at the U-19 national tournament.But college hockey is a bit different.“The biggest challenge has been keeping up not physically, but mentally,” Griffin says. “Decisions have...
...Some of the same calculations that the North Koreans likely made in choosing to test their nuke now may well protect them now from any kind of harsh international response. "They see the international community has its hands full with Iraq and Iran. They recognize they're at the apex of South Korean softness towards the North. The next election in about a year will probably lead to a more conservative South Korean government. They calculate that China is not going to let them collapse, " notes Michael J. Green, who handled Asian affairs for the Bush White House National Security...