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Time that a man recently spent loudly chanting “Make me Dinner” in counter-protest of a speech made by the feminist activist Martha Burke protesting the discriminatory membership policies of the Augusta National Golf Club during the recently held Masters Tournament...
Justin Morrison, a tea expert behind the counter at Tealuxe in Harvard Square, said he was not impressed by the findings...
...with its 50-seat ERJ135 and has become the fourth largest aircraftmaker. The rivalry involves two of the best-run companies in the hemisphere, yet each side protests that the other doesn't play fair because it relies on taxpayer subsidies. Embraer says it needs government help to counter Bombardier's easier access to First World financing and technology; Bombardier says it has to have aid to offset Embraer's low Third World labor costs and cheap currency. The firms have put their World Trade Organization complaints on hold and will sit down this month to try to work...
...second-generation barefoot doctor in the village of Shuiqu, says he knows what to do if he encounters any SARS cases. He will prescribe a popular traditional remedy called banlangen, a dose of antibiotics and perhaps an herbal tonic that promotes a patient's yin to counter an imbalance of yang. With much of the nation depending on such ill-informed care, the killer virus looks set to spread even further into China's underdeveloped interior...
...gets worse. Because of their apocalyptic creed, the views of many pro-Israel Christian groups tend to be extreme and counter to the interests of peace. Since the Bible prophesizes endless conflict in that region, Christian Zionists such as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (a stickler for calling the West Bank “Judea and Samaria”), and evangelist Pat Robertson are only all too happy to support policies like the expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank and the expansion of Israel’s borders from the “Nile to the Euphrates...