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...contrast, today’s total foreign aid by the U.S. is teetering at about 0.1 percent of GDP, which puts us in last place among the world’s 22 richest nations. Portugal, Greece and New Zealand all put in double the amount we do in relation to their GDPs, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In first place is Denmark, which is ten times as generous as we are and gave away 1.06 percent...
Vulpillieres says better group organization may hold the key, arguing that queer groups at Brandeis and Northeastern owe their success, at least in part, to their weekly meetings. In contrast, BGLTSA has held only three community meetings this year...
...contrast to Daschle’s ranting, Blair’s weekend comments evinced a global pragmatism that is sorely needed among liberal Democrats in Congress. “Iraq is in breach of all conditions of weapons inspectors,” he said. “We know they are trying to accumulate weapons of mass destruction. We know Saddam has used them against his own people.” To emphasize the necessity of forceful, well-planned action, Blair compared the current Iraqi situation to that of Afghanistan in the 1990s: “For ten years, Afghanistan...
...imprisonment, and had been protected by Law for many years. During the course of about three decades he was moved to different, unsuspecting parishes across Greater Boston. He was transferred each time complaints began to mount from each community he “served.” In contrast, Spagnolia has vehemently professed his innocence and is publicly supported and lauded for his courage by hundreds of his parishioners...
...school experience. On the subject tests, which measure ability in a particular field, score choice allowed students to take the test multiple times, with multiple levels of understanding of the material. Because the tests were not one-shot deals, there was less pressure on students—in sharp contrast to most other aspects of the college admissions process...