Word: equalization
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...number of reasons. First, nuclear status is a political trophy for Kim Jong Il. From senior party members down to young children, North Koreans have boasted to recent visitors that Kim's great feat of testing a nuclear bomb last October has enabled their country to stand as an equal with the big powers. Second, the nuclear program is intended to deter a possible external attack-indeed, Pyongyang blames America's military prowess and policy of pressure for its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Third, North Korea's nuclear capability gives it an upper hand militarily in relation to the South...
...global economy have scattered them around the planet, in countless combinations. Since the immigrant waves in the '50s and '60s, European nations have been looking for different ways to blend different people of different cultures into successful, peaceful societies. All had the same goal: a society that gives equal opportunity and equal respect, regardless of race, creed, color or faith. Forty years on, that society still doesn't exist. But multiculturalism is with us to stay. So the question is how to make it work for Europe. This isn't about - at least, not just about - stamping out Islamic extremism...
...required to show their faces. In practice, this balance between policy and piety isn't uncommon. All over Europe, governments and religious minorities are meeting in the middle. Under English law, Jewish religious courts have the power to settle noncriminal cases like divorce settlements. And the Netherlands gives equal government funding to faith schools and public schools, on the condition that the faith schools meet strict nonreligious criteria in their curriculums. These concessions don't threaten the secular state; they just give religious communities the chance to be a part...
...entirely free ride. In the late 1970s a number of confectionary company CEOs got together to try to figure out how to get a piece of the chocolate pie. Their equal opportunity marketing gimmick was to come up with "White Day" on March 14th, where the men are obliged to reciprocate for their Valentine's gifts by purchasing candies and cookies. Easy enough? Well, maybe not. Expectations have grown since the 70s. According the polls, what women expect on White Day, in order of preference, are jewelry, watches, and handbags. Van cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Louis Vuitton are not complaining...
...Advocate threw off its artsy vibe and embraced pearls and tuxes for one night at their debutante ball this weekend. But most of the Advo regulars were tempted by the imported beers, table dancing, and vaulted ceilings of nearby Lampoon Castle...just down the road, self-reverence was in equal attendance at the Fox’s annual Valentine’s Day dinner this weekend, replete with drunken poetic toasts and even a sing-a-long (whatever, just make out already)...speaking of spit-swapping, onlookers stood horrified as one dean’s son got (and gave...