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...everyone looooves a peacekeeper. Need to expel some East Timorese? Get a solid start, then call the peacekeepers in, with red carpet to boot! Need to buff your Georgian signature on the Yalta Declaration of Liberated Europe? Call in the international observers! What are guns, we good liberal democrats ask, next to a balmy blue? Or physical power, next to the moral power of that noblest of all goddesses, the international community...
...early this year, rumors were rampant that job cuts were coming. But Dell traditionally kept a 10% to 30% buffer of temps and contractors, who normally get the boot during slow times. The company usually lays off an additional 10% of full-time staff after annual evaluations in February. The regular staff had hoped that those traditional purges, which happened again this year, would be all that were needed...
...parade that was Harvard's 9-8 win over Holy Cross on Wednesday, Carter was the grand marshal. The box score said it all-three hits, two runs scored, two RBI, and his team-leading sixth homer of the season to boot...
...surprised when I knew that Italy was in Europe and that Italians speak a language called “Italian,” which includes the word “ciao.” Then when I revealed that I am also aware that Italy is shaped like a boot, he was positively ecstatic...
American complacency towards the rest of the world is shocking. We cannot expect to join and progress with the international community in isolation and ignorance. It should no longer be a surprise that I know Italy is shaped like a boot or that it is possible for me to master Chinese. As a member of the international community, it is my duty...