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...renown has the ACA focusing its anti-bullfighting campaign on him as a means of drawing attention to their wider bid to end all bullfighting in France. Bullfighting is currently prohibited under a law that bans gratuitous cruelty to animals, yet it is allowed in certain areas of southern France where the practice is part of local culture and tradition. The ACA wants it stamped out everywhere and is about to embark on a series of protests ending with a big demonstration at the Nîmes festival on Sept. 13. "What fans of corrida don't understand...
...markets and for a smaller profit, or at cost, in poor ones. Businesses in other industries can't do this tiered pricing, but they can benefit from the public recognition and enhanced reputation that come from serving those who can't pay. The companies involved in the (RED) campaign draw in new customers who want to be associated with a good cause. That might be the tipping point that leads people to pick one product over another...
Homegrown terrorism is a chill ing idea. No country likes to believe that violent mayhem has taken root in its backyard. After all, foreign killers can be weeded out; domestic terrorists draw strength from, and corrupt, their native soil...
...ahead--and one widely discussed national poll suggesting he leads among likely voters--busted up insiders' perception that Barack Obama is cruising toward an easy November victory. Now the Republicans hope the public adopts the same revised attitude. Underdogs still need to be seen as plausible winners to draw undecided voters their way. As the political strategist Bill Clinton has pointed out, the key to winning any close contest is psychological dominance. George W. Bush got into McCain's head and rattled his focus in 2000, and Obama is clearly doing the same thing now. McCain can't seem...
...None of that has mollified secularists. Hard-liners suspect the AKP of secretly wanting to turn Turkey into an Iranian-style theocracy. Moderates dispute that but are concerned about the AKP's failure to recognize religious minorities like the Alevi, its abandonment of plans to draw up a more democratic constitution (currently a holdover from military rule), and its conservative social policies on issues like women's status. It is these worries the government now needs to appease. "With the court case behind us, Turkey now needs to turn to its real agenda," says Alpay. "The Prime Minister needs...