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India’s decision to bring a larger number of women into its legislature is commendable??it represents a move toward greater gender equality in India. However, any future reforms similar to the quota bill should aim to minimize the detrimental effect on the non-involved groups. If not, raising the condition of one minority could hurt another—an unintended and detrimental side effect that undermines the aim of otherwise positive legislation...
...London, Bali, Casablanca, Istanbul, and Bombay show that the “war on terror” is a global effort that affects all civilized nations, but this fight has to be conducted without spawning more hatred and terror. In this respect the initial Indian response has been extremely commendable??the government has refused to blame a specific group or promise its people counterattacks. India needs to maintain this stance: While the death of 200 civilians is a terrible, terrible tragedy, it represents a fraction of the lives lost to earthquakes, tsunamis, rains, floods, typhoons, and even daily...
With the help of an accent coach, each of the actors made a valiant effort to maintain a British accent throughout. At times this was more successful than others, but the effort was commendable??especially considering the large number of lines most of the characters had to memorize...
...says DeBisschop. Morange mentions that most of the apples in the cider were Granny Smiths, but two other kinds of apples were used. Meyers confirms what Morange had suspected earlier—that he probably bottled too early. Still, he declares it “pretty commendable?? and notes a “nice apple aroma” and a “good balance of sweetness and tart apple skin.” One of the judges scribbles on the judging sheet: “Well done!” Morange thought the judging went well...
...October the conservative Wall Street Journal editorialized that a speech Summers gave criticizing universities’ ingrained skepticism of the military was commendable??a gutsy “profile in courage...
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