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...divert $200 million (1%) of the proposed $20 billion arms deal to support soccer in Iraq. That may be a more effective way to achieve national identity and unity than introducing more smart bombs into the Middle East. Maybe throw David Beckham into the deal, too. Dan Joldersma, Holland, Michigan...
...American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) now own 37% of the U.S. hotel industry--AMERICAN OWNED signs keep popping up outside motels around the country. While this seemingly innocuous phrase may appeal to many customers, it can also be intended as code for "not owned by immigrants," an attempt to divert business from upstanding first- or second-generation citizens whose ethnicity distinguishes them from most of their small-town neighbors. To those in the know, like veteran road-trip author Michael Wallis, AMERICAN OWNED is a subtle reminder of the days when customers, too, suffered from prejudice--back when African Americans...
...Dershowitz’s 2003 book “The Case for Israel,” saw his bid for job security denied on June 8. The tenure rejection came in part because of a record of “ad hominem attacks” that “divert the conversation away from consideration of ideas and polarize and simplify conversations that deserve layered and subtle consideration,” according to a notification letter from DePaul University President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider posted on Finkelstein’s Web site...
...contest, the Ivy League opener at Brown.Witt once again performed admirably in a 38-21 victory in Providence, R.I., but the game’s real story was the performance of Dawson. He rushed for a season-high 181 yards on just 25 carries and scored three times, helping divert attention from the shoulder injury sustained by Witt during the contest.Midway through the following week, the Crimson was prepared to sink all the way down to its fourth-string quarterback—junior Richard Irvin—before Pizzotti made a surprise start and led Harvard to a thrilling...
...posed the oft-mentioned hypothetical whereby a man can divert a runaway train onto a different track, destroying his most prized possession, a Bugatti sports car, but saving the life of a child further down the track. Only the most heartless of humans would approve of his actions should he choose not to divert the train and instead place the value of his car above the value of the child...