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...death from heart disease and a 17% reduction in total mortality. Only two servings of fish a week are requisite to garner these benefits. Though this study may give relief to some, Harvard students don’t seem to have bitten the media’s fish-denouncing bait. “Student demand for seafood, especially fish, has really climbed over the last year,” said Crista Martin, assistant director of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). HUDS has served 130,000 pounds of seafood in the past year and offers fish 19 times a month...
...find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with Straw's every word. Feminists have denounced Straw's approach as unacceptably proscriptive, and reactionary Muslims say it is Islamaphobic. But it is time to speak out against this objectionable garment and face down the obscurantists who endlessly bait and intimidate the state by making demands that violate its fundamental principles. That they have brainwashed young women, born free, to seek self-subjugation breaks my heart. Trained creatures often choose to stay in their cages even when released. I don't call that a choice. I would not propose that Muslim...
...Padovese blamed the outcry on voices in the Turkish press whom he described as "nationalist, Islamist and anti-Christian," and said the Pope's intention was not to offend anyone. "I don't know if anyone even read the Pope's discourse," Padovese said. "These elements tossed out the bait, and others took...
...must make it clear that Democrats believe the terrorist threat must be dealt with forcefully and effectively." With that in mind, Democrats were largely quiet about Bush's calls for legislation. Instead, they let Republican Senators argue about it among themselves. "This time we're not taking the bait," declared a Democratic aide...
...became the first political victim of the phenomenal YouTube era. Allen is videotaped at each campaign stop by a "tracker" for his Democratic opponent, James Webb. Such operatives are standard on the stump, and aides warn candidates to ignore them. But Allen, speaking at a rural picnic, took the bait. He singled out the Webb volunteer, who is of Indian descent, telling the crowd to welcome "Macaca." That's either a French--North African ethnic slur, a type of monkey or a contorted reference to a mohawk haircut--the guy has a mullet-like do--depending on who's translating...