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...ignored by mainstream American society if one is a teen mother. According to filmmaker Joanna Lipper ’93, “the body of a pregnant teenager represents an unequivocal reality that conveys issues on economic and social levels that people would rather not confront...
Much of the resulting buzz has been about the problems that women on the path to promotion must always confront. Though women now have more chances to advance into the faculty’s highest echelon, that promise is obscured by latent discrimination and by every professional woman’s dilemma—balancing kids and a career...
...located elsewhere throughout the Sunni areas in Baghdad and to the north responded to the Fallujah offensive by taking to the streets of cities from the capital all the way up to Mosul, emerging from the shadows in groups numbering up to 50 fighters at a time to brazenly confront U.S. and Iraqi government forces in broad daylight. Within a day of pronouncing Fallujah essentially over, U.S. forces were mounting a major offensive in Mosul, aimed at returning Iraqi policemen to police stations throughout the western half of the city that had fallen into insurgent hands. And Ramadi, Samarrah, Baquba...
...diplomacy and bipartisanship. Bush is who he is: bold, tough, faith based, unyielding. "He's got the biggest balls of anyone you've ever seen," Vice President Cheney has been known to say privately. In this scenario, Bush will not only hang tough in Iraq, he'll also confront Iran about its nuclear arms program, not give an inch to North Korea and stand shoulder to shoulder with Ariel Sharon. He will aggressively pursue the privatization of Social Security, the voucherization of health care and the dramatic simplification of the tax code. He will do this, supporters say, because...
...many governments, however?especially those in Asia?a second Bush term has its merits. He is a known quantity. His focus on the war on terror has forced nations like Pakistan and the Philippines to confront demons they have long tried to pretend didn't exist. Bush was, in effect, endorsed by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has supported the war in Iraq and whose willingness to shoulder a greater security burden in Asia suits the U.S. fine. Leaders in the region saw a protectionist in John Kerry: they heard that grave quaver whenever he pronounced the word outsourcing...