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...idea of China as the gravitational center of a globalized world is something most countries have gotten used to. But classical music hadn't seemed like it would be part of that mix, if only because Western opera and the Eastern world never made a natural fit. To outsiders, the traditional Peking opera seemed as much circus as song, with extraneous acrobatics and melodies that struck European ears as atonal and arhythmic. Western opera - with its volume and bombast - fell similarly flat in the East. But since Western ways were the planet's dominant ones, it was China that...
...shorter-range Iskander is brand-new. Its range is some 175 miles (280 km), and can be increased to reach targets not just in Poland, but in the Czech Republic as well. This precision weapon can easily avoid enemy radars and carries a payload of 480 kg. Russia will fit its Iskander arsenal with cluster, blast-fragmentation, penetration, and possibly even, thermobaric warheads. A tactical nuclear warhead could also be an option, though Medvedev pointedly refrained from mentioning that...
...Dobson has undergone a dramatic political conversion, it's safe to assume he does not consider Barack Obama's election on Tuesday to be divinely ordained. In June, Dobson delivered a furious broadside against the Democrat, charging that he was "deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view." And yet in a year in which the economy mattered more than social issues for most voters, Obama's comfortable victory included Democratic gains in every single religious category among the electorate...
...Stevens probably benefited, too, from a lazy Begich campaign. Even when Stevens got an improbable bump in the polls after he was indicted and Alaskans actually rallied around him, Begich didn't see fit to use advertising or his speeches to condemn his opponent. Alaskans are fiercely proud of their state and a little insecure about how they are perceived by the Lower 48; Begich could have driven home the point all summer that re-electing Stevens would give Alaska a black eye. He instead soft-pedaled the corruption issue until recently and waited around for a jury to deliver...
...Eastern Shore, where Club for Growth conservative Andy Harris successfully primaried moderate Republican incumbent Wayne Gilchrist, who then endorsed Frank Kratovil, the Democrat who appears to be headed for victory. Gilchrist is a national environmental leader, a true maverick and an extremely likable guy who was always a good fit for his district; if the Republican base isn't going to tolerate deviation from right-wing talking points, it's not going to have a lot of power in places like Michigan and Maryland...