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...style points system for non-EU immigrants, requiring English language proficiency as well as education and earnings minimums for the right to stay. With a growing population of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Britons who are undereducated, unemployed, and low earners, the British government’s stance reflects a politically brave and long overdue acknowledgement that its postwar immigration policy was problematic. It also reflects the acknowledgment that past efforts to help groups who immigrated during that time have been largely ineffective, and thus current immigration should be limited with this points system...
...physical rush of the choreography that you take away from a McGregor performance - the mesh of high-speed detail, the interplay between the lyrical and the neurotic, the steely calligraphy of the limbs. Few choreographers make more extreme physical and mental demands on their dancers. "He likes brave people who have a willingness to try, and aren't precious," says Royal Ballet principal Edward Watson, who performed in Chroma. "Afterward you feel like your brain's been rewired." Jessica Wright, a dancer with Random, knows this sensation well: "Some of the work is mind-boggling. I love...
...technical aids on the scrap heap, drivers from BMW, Renault and maybe even Williams could just get a look-in. And F1 may gain a new legion of fans - those who, while they'll never be transfixed by fast-moving, logo-covered machines, could be won over by the brave and brilliant souls who control them...
...Science fiction is so far the only genre that has truly captured this novel morality play. The great dystopic and apocalyptic tales, such as Orwell’s “1984”, Huxley’s “Brave New World”, Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”, and Vonnegut’s “Cats Cradle”, are all written as science fiction. Our power to utterly destroy ourselves or our world through nuclear war or other man-made mishaps has only been comprehended and communicated through science...
...lift they can get - that at one point he appeared to inadvertently tip a diplomatic hand France has yet to play. Acknowledging Sarkozy's support and commitment to international peacekeeping and combat missions, McCain stressed the importance of "France's military participation in Afghanistan ... and of the brave forces of this country in fighting the Taliban." As part of that, McCain also thanked Sarkozy for "agreeing to send additional" troops to Afghanistan. That comment appeared to confirm unofficial reports that French president is planning announce his decision to increase France's Afghanistan contingent of 1,600 soldiers. The move...