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...bombs drop, Bush will have one eye on the response from Muslims around the world, even those who reacted with glee at news of the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. The depth of those feelings, and those of other Muslims who were either dismayed or disgusted by the promise of a U.S. military response, posed an enormous problem for American policymakers from the start and led President Bush to feather his engines longer than he had planned. There seemed little reason to launch any kind of military action against bin Laden's adopted homeland...
Other prize-winners included the award for medicine, on research for “injuries due to falling coconuts,” and psychology, for “an ecological study of glee in small groups of school children...
When the sound system finally lit up, the crowd erupted in glee as the rap duo Grandes Ligas (Big Leagues) sprinted onstage hurling raps as sharp and rousing as any of those by American rap star Method Man. "!Manos arribas!" (Throw your hands in the air!) shouted Grandes Ligas. The audience let out a roar and answered in English, "And wave them like you just don't care!" Unlike American hip-hop audiences, who usually keep their feet planted on the floor, Cuban hip-hop fans frequently break into wild dancing. "Salsa is everywhere in Cuba...
...Glee Club Lite was not permitted to perform this year, however, although they will likely be included in the future, according to Illingworth. According to an e-mail message from Curry and Childs, this year’s policy had been to exclude groups whose members come “from larger choirs...
While not answering specific questions about what sorts of admission policies they sought from the singing groups, Curry and Childs implied that the Glee Club Lite—which draws members on a seniority basis from the larger Glee Club—were not open to first years...