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...Travis's case, his owner was forced to call 911, then attack and repeatedly stab him - a cherished pet she had reared for years - with a butcher knife in a desperate attempt to save her friend...
...judge you by your insight. How should people judge you through this work? Is it just a romp?JL: It would be very easy to make too much of it. Yes, it is a romp. But also, because we really care about this period, it’s an attempt to get out of a kind of stalled debate in American historical scholarship between an economic interpretation of the American revolution and an intellectual interpretation. 13.FM: It seems like in 200 years, social historians will have a wealth of blogs, archives, and other documentation to work with...
Under the new plan, the government will increase spending on infrastructure to try to boost the nation’s shrinking gross domestic product. In addition, the package provides tax rebates to consumers in an attempt to bolster spending...
...however, a highly controversial and risky course. A previous peace deal failed within months - and gave the militants the space to regroup and sweep away earlier military gains. "It is an attempt on the part of the government to win over a section of religious extremists," says Hasan Askari-Rizvi, a military analyst. "The idea is that if they are pulled out of the struggle, they will cooperate with the government and help isolate the militants. It may have been a good idea if the Taliban were on the run, but they're well entrenched...
...trouble with policy wonks is that they solve yesterday’s problems. Though policymakers should learn from their experience, they warp their judgment by learning too much from the particular crises they handled when they were last in office. As a result, they often ignore criticism in their attempt to prevent previous plights from recurring. And, when everyone in the room has the same nightmare, each in his lookout watches the same bogeyman...