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...standards of the stimulus spent in the past year, this has a distinct advantage of being targeted to exactly what we want to do," says Vincent Reinhart, a senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute who has opposed many of the stimulus programs of the past year. "A job-creation tax credit is relatively efficient and can be spent quicker. You don't have to plan a bridge in order to get the stimulus dollars out there...
Wearing the niqab is viewed as a more conservative practice, distinct from the more commonly seen, and largely stigma-free, hijab. American Muslims, by and large, are reluctant to appear too conservative, says Kathleen Moore, professor of religious studies at University of California at Santa Barbara. "While they are struggling internally to be tolerant of each other's viewpoints about religion, they are also struggling outward to negotiate rights with the broader American society," she says. "From their voices, you hear that the face veil is something that shouldn't be practiced because it can be associated with extremism." (Read...
These companies have a distinct advantage over foreign competitors because their founders and senior managers are part of the same elite class as the regulators who enforce the various and mostly unwritten rules of censorship. They have offices in Beijing, and they lobby the Chinese government through uncharted back channels and are in what amounts to a continuous dialogue about what is and what is not acceptable. This includes not only political censorship but morals - especially relating to porn and sex. Google may have hired its own cadre of Chinese executives but it - like Yahoo and eBay before - has always...
...heavy turnout is remains to be seen. While Dems have a 3 to 1 advantage in party registration, Republicans remain more motivated, says Andrew Smith, head of the University of New Hampshire's polling center, which conducted the Globe survey. "Coakley also has a distinct advantage in name recognition," Smith says. "But a low turnout election will help Brown." (See the top 10 political defections...
Indeed, while Iran has been publicly linked to militant groups Hizballah and Hamas, as well as Shi'ite militias in Iraq, its Houthi link is tenuous. Zaydi Shi'ism is distinct from the "Twelver" Shi'ism practiced in Iran, and Houthi demands have centered on rights and resources, something Princeton University Yemen expert Gregory Johnson says is rooted in Houthi feelings of marginalization following the 1962 Yemeni revolution. Observers are also quick to point out that Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is himself a Zaydi...