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...deal with China is just as pressing. Lopsided tariff barriers - China's go as high as 38%, while New Zealand has almost none - and agrarian Kiwis' growing dependence on Chinese machinery, electronics, clothing and furniture are tilting the scales ever more steeply in Beijing's favor. New Zealand's trade deficit with China is its biggest with any nation: $2.7 billion, up fourfold since...
Americans may be divided on immigration, but the presidential candidates are not that far apart. Senators John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all favor a deal that would combine increased enforcement of laws against illegal immigration, a guest-worker program to help businesses and a process for allowing illegal immigrants who meet certain conditions to become legal residents. So you might think immigration won't be an issue in this fall's races...
Instead of rolling all our problems into one big war, in which rape and coal-mining are equivalent, those in favor of change would be (and often are) better served by careful parsing of the distinctions, by working through the possibility of unintended consequences before acting, and by drawing connections only where the evidence merits them. Most of all, we would do well to remember that acting for the environment is not like rescuing a damsel in distress; it involves dealing with multitude of physical and natural elements, all of them as implacable and indifferent as one another...
...seven kills over the course of the night. The Crimson had been trailing from the beginning of the first frame. Harvard closed the gap to tie with the Chargers eight times before Rosier put the Crimson on top—and for good. With the momentum finally in its favor, the Crimson kept hold of its lead to close out the stanza, 30-27. With Kuld serving, Harvard went on a five-point run early in the second game, putting the Crimson ahead, 6-1. Harvard only increased the scoring gap throughout the stanza. After a kill by junior captain...
...We’re a blue collar team.”But the lopsided third period ended up haunting the Crimson, and an edge in groundballs and faceoffs for the Quakers led to an advantage in possession that tipped the scales in Penn’s favor.“We need to stay hungry through all points of the game even if we’re up or down,” Duboe said. “We need to play every quarter like it’s a new quarter and try to win every five minutes...