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...might be proposed. Having ended up with such a large chunk of the popular vote but so few seats in Parliament, the Alliance hopes to win support for one of the major planks in its manifesto: proportional representation, an electoral system under which seats are awarded to parties in direct ratio to their popular vote. But since Britain's current system greatly benefits the two established parties, both the Tories and Labor will surely block the S.D.P. proposal...
...Sunday, triggering a massive street party in the capital of Pristina and angry protests by Serbia and Russia. The move, endorsed by the U.S. and most of European countries, came after a series of failed attempts to reach a compromise between Serbs and Kosovo's predominantly ethnic Albanians through direct talks or in the U.N. Security Council...
...artist attempts to rollerblade the circumference of a large, rotating drum), immersion (as in “Séance de Shadow II (bleu)” by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, a room saturated with the color blue whose lights turn on as the viewer passes by), or direct participation (as in “Falha” by Renata Lucas, a grid of plywood sheets that can be rearranged to create a temporary stage, or another structure). One of the most thematically successful pieces is Mario Ybarra Jr.’s “Sweeney Tate...
...There was some of that, of course. Gates was a mite schoolmasterly, expressing concern that "many people on this Continent may not comprehend the magnitude of the direct threat to European security" from violent Islamic extremism. Some comments in Germany after his speech - Gates has been involved in a very public effort to persuade the German government to boost its contribution to the NATO force in Afghanistan and post troops to the dangerous south of the country as well as the north and west - showed the world-weary hauteur that Americans have come to expect from some Europeans. "The superpower...
...just want to scream in interviews when politicians spin a direct question? -John Holecek, St. Petersburg, Fla.Yes. [Laughs.] But my fear is if I did that, then I would be seen as becoming part of the interview in a way that I don't want to be. Many times a politician will try to goad [you] into a debate because then it neutralizes the questioner and you surrender your objectivity...