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When are you going to write a six-page article flanked with color pictures of the Palestinian victims kicked out by force from their villages to make way for these illegal and illegitimate outposts? Ahmed Said, VIRGINIA BEACH...
...purity of people power's message remains unblemished today, its political legacy is more complicated. True, in recent years, Aquino's quiet defiance has continued to inspire regime-changing street demonstrations, from the "Reformasi"-chanting crowds who overthrew Suharto in neighboring Indonesia in 1998 to the so-called color revolutions that catalyzed change in places like Georgia (rose) and Ukraine (orange) in the early 2000s. Like People Power, many of these movements gained momentum when the international media broadcast images of thousands upon thousands of people uniting peacefully against corrupt or cruel governments. Under the scrutiny of satellite-TV cameras...
...Though hampered by the government's near monopoly of the media, the Aquino campaign attracted millions of fervent supporters, all decked out in yellow, the reluctant candidate's favorite color. And when Marcos cheated her of victory in the February 1986 vote, the outcry was tremendous - and his doom was sealed. Bearing witness to their political allegiance, the millions who crammed the streets to protect reformist soldiers who had mutinied against Marcos chanted the now familiar mantra: "Cory, Cory, Cory." Nuns armed only with rosaries knelt in front of tanks, stopping them in their tracks. (Read "People Power's Philippine...
...there are different kinds of leverage. In June, when Rio and BHP Billiton announced their intention to form a joint venture, a Ministry of Commerce spokesman in Beijing said the proposal had "the obvious color of monopoly." China implemented a new antitrust law last year and has already used it once to block a high-profile foreign acquisition in China - Coca-Cola's planned buyout of juicemaker Huiyuan. The fact that the proposed Rio-BHP Billiton deal doesn't involve a Chinese firm is irrelevant. China's antitrust regulators have the same right to review the plans of two global...
...Harvard Yard photos," she said. "The clothes seem older, and more connected to the 1950s. Harvard could have done a better job of making the clothing seem less old-school. If Lacoste can do it, I don't see why Harvard can't. Maybe they could add in more color...