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...Prime Minister Tony Blair. The worst, however, is the Arab League, whose members relish characterizing Western military policy as neo-crusades against Islam and decrying the violent Zionism of Israelis in the West Bank, yet have nothing to say when the murderers and the victims are both Muslims. This blatant refusal to support the innocent black Muslim civilians is undeniable evidence that the historically racist leadership of Arab countries is still hostile to the very idea of black humanity. I would call on Arab students within the United States, many of whom sought legal protection under statutes originally gained...
...corporate tax, and withstood stiff protests from unions to lay the groundwork for the partial privatization of Electricité de France. He also deplores France's 35-hour workweek, and says it must be changed to allow those who want to work more to do so. And consider the blatant interventionist. Sarkozy brokered the €2 billion state bailout of engineering giant Alstom, angering E.U. members who called it an unfair protectionist subsidy. He also coerced Franco-German pharmaceutical giant Aventis into merging with French competitor Sanofi-Synthelabo, neither of which is state-owned, to thwart takeover plans by Swiss...
While established fashion stars like Marc Jacobs were wowing the front row with Crayola-bright colors and funky fabric mixes--or, in the case of Narciso Rodriguez, all-white minimal looks--this new group steered clear of any blatant fashion trendiness. Instead, these designers infused their clothes with subtle dressmaking details and a ladylike ease. They also share openly commercial ambition. Though all of them have been in business for just a few seasons, they have attracted the attention of big department stores like Barneys and Bergdorf Goodman...
...criticize another nation’s sacrifices in the name of security. Even if the president did have the moral authority to rally the world’s democracies, it is not clear most Americans would care to see him do it. After Putin’s most blatant power-grab yet, the threat of de-democratization in Eastern Europe will likely continue to seem remote to an American public used to thinking of Russia as a defeated, ailing society—more of a joke than a potentially powerful state...
Conservatives countrywide are congratulating themselves for unearthing yet another case of blatant bias in the ever-liberal media. After a Sept. 8 “60 Minutes” episode featured dubious documents regarding President Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard, Republican bloggers and pundits have excoriated CBS News for sloppy journalism. And, predictably, the media attention afforded to this presidential race got even more issue-light as controversy swirled around the documents’ authenticity...