Word: appeareance
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...says. “I hope this doesn’t force the next [leader] to be overly cautious.”“Many in the Jewish community have achieved high levels of leadership positions, and I’m afraid they will bend over backwards to appear to be neutral,” says Zarchi. “President Summers [showed] such courage in addressing the divestment issue without being insecure of speaking out publicly as someone who happens to be Jewish. I’m afraid [Jewish leaders] will look at the consequences of defending Israel...
While it may appear to the naked eye that the Oscar situation has been improving for black performers in recent years—with Jamie Foxx’s best actor win last year, Halle Berry and Denzel Washington’s simultaneous best actress and actor victories in 2002, Morgan Freeman’s reception of best supporting actor honors, and increasingly abundant nominations across categories—this perception represents a grave oversimplification of reality. In terms of their treatment of black actors and films, the Academy Awards have often been at best disappointing, and at worst, downright...
...allow Iran to back down. The regime in Tehran has wide popular support for its nuclear stand, and it is likely to offer to accept expanded IAEA monitoring of all its activities as a means of allaying Western fears. But right now the U.S. and its allies don't appear likely to accept anything short of a suspension of all enrichment-related activities...
Other countries appear to put even fewer resources into investigating cruise-ship crime. For instance, Reginald Ferguson, assistant crime commissioner for the Bahamas, in which many ships are registered, says his office has examined "maybe one or two incidents involving U.S. citizens over the last three or four years...
...Whether Jaafari is elected or replaced, however, the multiple schisms that have plagued the political process appear to be widening, and the next prime minister is bound to be surrounded by powerful enemies looking for him to fail. In other words, at a time when Iraq needs strong leadership more than ever, the next Iraqi government may be even weaker than the current...