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This EU-authored decree has come to pass because of the political carrot of membership in the EU. In truth, though, it has only been the promise of a carrot. Although the EU constantly refers to membership as an eventuality—as a means of rallying support for the confederation—its sincerity is questionable. To what extent is the EU seriously considering the new confederation for admission into the union? Even if it is, by every technical measure, a democracy, can it possibly maintain “rule of law, human rights and respect for minorities?...
...Trident is trying to redefine what success in business might be like following the Buddhist notion of right livelihood.” Said menu also offers “Momos” (traditional Tibetan dumplings) and the “Ying Yang milkshake” (vanilla ice cream and carrot juice), as well as the ever-popular “Perpetual Breakfast.” Be sure not to spill on a yet-to-be-purchased tome about Eastern philosophy...
Critics, both educators and parents, wonder, though, whether another well-funded program focusing on, say, music or science might produce equally positive results. They say JROTC exploits minority kids by dangling a carrot of financial security in front of them. According to a 1995 study, paid for by the American Friends Service Committee and called Making Soldiers in the Public Schools, 45% of all cadets who successfully complete JROTC enter a branch of the service. "A 14-year-old is no match for the Department of Defense in sorting out the military's claims," says study co-author Catherine Lutz...
...Comics Journal Special Edition: Winter 2002" (Fantagraphics Books; 156pp.; $29.95) has "Cartoonists on Cartooning" as the theme. This applies mostly to the second half of the book which consists of comix -- or the "carrot" part. "The stick," written essays, histories and an interview with Joe Sacco, author of "Safe Area Gorazde," has been smartly designed to introduce newcomers to critical writing about comix. It reads like a "Comics Journal" for beginners, which has both good and bad points...
...little trouble persuading Afghan leaders gathered in Germany to accept the principle of a broad-based government. Then again, everyone at the conference has reason to be especially nice; the prize money for consensus is $20 billio n, the amount of aid the international community has pledged as a carrot to coax the fractious Afghans. The three days of talks that began Tuesday in Koenigswinter are aimed at finding agreement among various Afghan factions over some form of transitional g overnment to replace the Taliban - and avert a slide back into the civil war of the pre-Taliban era. Such...