Word: gentler
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...investing in Iran," says Danielle Pletka, AEI vice president for foreign and defense policy studies. Pletka wants the White House and State Department to arm-twist American allies to end state-funded subsidies that facilitate commercial engagement with Iran. The Bush Administration has resisted, preferring instead to use gentler arguments to build a broad coalition that emphasizes diplomacy. "State doesn't want to do anything," complains Pletka, a former adviser to former Sen. Jesse Helms. "State is all about accommodation and trying to sit down and have a Chamberlain-style peace with Iran...
Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has refused to allow rapper and ex-felon Snoop Dogg into Oz. "He doesn't seem the sort of bloke we want in this country," Andrews told local radio. Thus Down Under remains a peaceable haven for gentler souls like Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson. SCORE...
Although the idea of a kinder, gentler term for atheists is noble in purpose, intolerance won’t end just because atheists find a new way to describe themselves. And it won’t end with bitter diatribes against religion either. For the atheists in America to become the respected member of society that they deserve, they must be willing to show confidence in their beliefs. Last weekend, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard hosted “The New Humanism,” a conference that celebrated the Chaplaincy’s 30th anniversary at Harvard. Featuring...
...with the right. But Sarkozy's sometimes gleeful propensity for sowing division sits more easily with those already in his corner than with the broader electorate he needs to win over. In his victory speech on election night, Sarkozy launched his bid to broaden his support by projecting a gentler image of himself. He dreamed, he said, of "a France that leaves no one behind, a France that's like a family where the weakest, the most vulnerable, the most fragile has the right to as much love, respect and attention as the strongest." This produced some eye rolling from...
...plane flights. On the other hand, lovely, mellow ballads like “Fire in the Canyon” and “I-95” assure us that the group’s newfound, ramped-up energy doesn’t come at the expense of their gentler, more melodic side. In fact, the opening guitar strumming of “I-95” positively channels the Beatles’ “Across the Universe,” while the quiet and sweet “Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim?...