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...letter is precisely what Môquet considered that higher purpose to be. In the view of Sarkozy and his backers, it was overthrowing Nazi domination for the freedom and liberty of the French nation; to others, it was overthrowing the very market system Sarkozy is seeking to bolster as he reforms France's welfare state. The youthful Môquet, many observers note, was a communist committed to revolution; a poem he wrote on the day of his arrest promised to "kill capitalism," and sought to give heart to those "brothers in slavery (jailed by) the traitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A French Debate over Guy Môquet | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

...both sides have been weakened, and U.S. influence in the region has begun to wane. Even if she is able to get everyone to Annapolis, if the conference is perceived to be a failure, the very moderate forces in the Arab world that Washington has been trying to bolster will, instead, be further weakened. As she works against expectations on all sides to produce a conference that moves the conflict closer to a two-state solution, the best that many in the region are hoping for is that Annapolis doesn't make matters worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rice's Peace Mission: Prospects Grim | 10/16/2007 | See Source »

...would make social security financially solvent. Romney has shifted his opinion on abortion, gay marriage and everything in between. When asked why his sons were not serving in the armed forces, he responded that they were helping their country by campaigning for him. Giuliani has tried to bolster his conservative credentials by obfuscating any former liberal positions and wallowing in the nuance of ideology...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: Senator Evasive for President | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

...sensitive to these issues, then his film might seem less a propaganda co-written by the NYPD’s PR branch and the Department of Homeland Security, and more like the excellent crime thriller it might have been (and sort of is). Thankfully, Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg bolster Gray’s average direction and his amateurish screenplay. Phoenix’s character, Bobby, runs a Brooklyn nightclub under the auspices of a shifty Russian family, while Wahlberg’s character, Bobby’s brother Joseph, serves as a decorated police officer and lives...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: We Own The Night | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...does.In an e-mail to the H-Club, dated last Oct. 4th, Amaker let his conviction be heard—to the 200 or so students subscribed to the list.“WE NEED YOU!!!” Amaker says, aptly utilizing the tri-exclamation point approach to bolster his point. “We believe that we can do some truly special things here at Harvard Basketball, but we need you.”This is the same Tommy Amaker, who was National Defensive Player of the Year his senior year at Duke; who led Seton Hall, just...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WALLY'S WORLD: Harvard and the Amaker Effect | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

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