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...pages of glossy fashion magazines. "Down the road I believe many jobs will become available, particularly in areas such as fashion merchandising, modeling, fashion photography, fashion show production and pattern makers," says Espinoza, co-chair on the 19-member council. "I think you're going to see a drastic change...
...will be. Recently he summoned five of the Havana brains to the hills for a conference, and they had to turn him down - they were too flabby for the trip. They have to worry whether Castro has really discarded the socialistic beliefs that he held earlier, including drastic land reforms and nationalization of U.S.-owned power companies. Castro persists in the cane-burning campaign - a pointless waste of the country's wealth that may well anger many Cubans. Up in the hills, notes one conservative rebel with a mixture of admiration and fear, "he acts like a King before...
...force feeding. They cited the code of ethics of the American Medical Association and the World Medical Association, both of which condemn the force feeding of prisoners as a violation of human dignity. In response, the U.S. could say that keeping prisoners alive is its responsibility, even if drastic measures are required...
...about democratic movements in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Syria and Lebanon. Attempts at democracy in Arab countries will be extremely difficult to realize, as despotism is deeply rooted here. My family and I joined Lebanon's anti-Syria independence demonstrations in March 2005, in the hope of drastic changes, only to see our leaders betray their principles through political intrigue. Someday, Muslim authorities will condemn the atrocities by hard-liners, just as Pope John Paul II denounced the Inquisition. In the meantime, Western powers might want to influence their political allies in the region to improve the conditions of their...
...Voorhees, New Jersey, U.S. Re "Why Germans are smiling again," on German Chancellor Angela Merkel: I take exception to the idea that Germans are looking to the future with more optimism because of Merkel. Positive developments appeared in the country before the elections. The fact is that any reform, drastic or timid, will need some time to produce effects, especially when, as in the case of employment, the government has only a very indirect influence. Your story says Merkel is nudging German foreign policy back toward a closeness to Washington. But it is the U.S. that has been moving. President...