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...giving Beijing the Games would do nothing to help us promote democracy in China. In contrast, the symbolic meaning of the Olympics would lavish unwarranted praise on China, undermining these efforts. The Olympics have long served as a testament to the need for governments to respect the dignity of individual achievement by bringing the best athletes in the world to compete in a peaceful arena. The IOC must ask whether this ideal is compatible with a government that consistently uses brute force to quash political and religious expression. Letting Beijing have the Games would, at best, send the wrong signal...
...contrast, U.S. goaltender Sarah Tueting faced just 18 shots and stopped...
...contrast, if melting ice caps dilute the salt content of the sea, major ocean currents like the Gulf Stream could slow or even stop, and so would their warming effects on northern regions. More snowfall reflecting more sunlight back into space could actually cause a net cooling. Global warming could, paradoxically, throw the planet into another...
...Serbian students, leading to many different and oftentimes conflicting interpretations of the piece and what it represents. Natalija Novta ’04, though she does not identify with the play’s characters, considers them realistic—recognizing other real-life emigrants in them. In contrast, Srdjan L. Tanjga ’01 describes the play as a “classic stereotype about Serbian emigration,” reproving a lack of originality and a non-convergence with the present moment. “A combination of an old-fashioned gastarbaiter model and a rather narrow...
Bush had promised to focus closely on a few priorities, a dramatic contrast from his predecessor's management style. Which is why his allies are so surprised at his detachment from what he has long declared to be his top legislative. "They delegated it," sniffs Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform, a group with similar views to the Fordham Foundation. "I would have thought there at least would have been a bill [drafted by the White House] and Bush would have said if you want XYZ on taxes and Social Security or anything else, give me this...