Word: commitement
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...nothing proposition. Start with your basics, the things that you eat the most of, or things that are easiest to come by. Pick one item from the farmer's market that's grown locally. There's no reason to be importing those. If you would just commit to only buying local apples, that would make a huge impact. The Northeast Organic Farmers' Association of Maine did a study. If families spent just spent $10 a week on local produce during the six-month growing season in Maine, [farmers] would retain $100 million in revenue every year. So it's very...
...passed in Australia, in mid-2001 - makes it an offense to incite "hatred," "serious contempt," or "severe ridicule" of a person or group because of their religious belief. The Catch the Fire case, its first test, has drawn keen interest around the world. At a time when extremists commit mass murder in Islam's name, many Muslims in the West are complaining that their beliefs are misrepresented and their communities unfairly targeted by anti-terrorism laws. The U.N. Human Rights Commission resolved in April to combat what it called "defamation campaigns against Islam and Muslims in the West." In Italy...
...meaning of King's life and its impact on the nation. Former King Aide Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker worried about "the risk of getting oversentimental and romanticizing the man to the point that he becomes unreal. The way to honor him is to understand what his work was and commit yourself to doing something...
While Gemayel temporarily preserved his authority, he had condemned his country to yet another round of blood-letting. Assad is unlikely to abandon his objective of imposing order on Lebanon, although he is reluctant to commit Syrian troops to the battle. One Syrian option would be to starve Lebanon economically by shutting off its seaports. Said the Beirut leftist daily newspaper As Safir, which often reflects Syrian strategy: "[Gemayel] will not be able to rule, and total paralysis will engulf the state." That situation would be acutely painful for Lebanon's long-suffering citizens, especially since they seemed so close...
There is an adage that people get the kind of government they deserve. My question: What crimes did America commit over the past 200 years to merit being shackled today with a travesty like influence peddlers [NATION, March 3]? Marshall S. Berdan Washington...