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...bought a $4.5 million corporate plane--the Choctaw collected $50.4 million from nearly 70 government programs, including $14.9 million to run their tribal government, $1.3 million for law enforcement and almost $371,000 for food distribution. It adds up to an average of $5,700 for each member. In contrast, federal aid for the Navajo Nation, the poorest tribe in America, averaged $900 for each of its 260,000 members. The Navajo have no casino...
...place to belittle and ridicule the value of the bells to the Russian people, nor compare it with our own convenience and monetary expense. Harvard students probably wouldn’t even notice if the bells were replaced with any other set of bulky and painfully mistuned relics. In contrast, residents of Moscow clearly consider the bells to be symbolic of a tradition that was rudely interrupted by Soviet oppression. It is arrogant and disgraceful for us to throw some food at “starving Siberian children” and tell them to be satisfied while we meaninglessly imprison...
...also a danger of the audience being alienated from things not palatable to a Western audience, like ritual sacrifice,” Herrera said. “I want to capture the beauty of Aztec society. The light, vibrant aspects of the culture will provide a good contrast...
...system was one. It lasted through centuries of wars of increasing devastation until competition between nations destroyed the continent in two world wars. The respective “Warring States” periods of China and Japan furnish more lessons, the gist of which is summarized in their names. Contrast these worlds with Pax Romana, Pax Britannia and now, Pax Americana. That war between major states today is unthinkable does not prove that the nature of international relations has fundamentally changed, only that the United States has more military power than any conceivable combination of hostile countries. So greatly does...
...contrast to No. 5 New Hampshire’s careful scouting, No. 1 Harvard didn’t know any details about the Wildcats’ style of play, its forecheck or power play. It didn’t need to. It just used its skills to blow through every trick New Hampshire tried in the defensive zone en route to the 7-1 victory...