Word: gutierrez
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...Argentina actually pulled within six, when Anthony launched a desperation three pointer ahead of the halftime buzzer. Juan Pedro Llanas Gutierrez blocked it, and it looked as if we had a game here. But wait, a whistle? The ref wanted to pull the tweeter out now and kill Argentina's momentum? It was a terrible call, and it meant three shots for 'Melo. He sank them all, giving the U.S. that tiny bit of comfort it carried into the third quarter. Game over...
...light of Bill Buckley's passing, who are the remaining intellectual giants in modern American conservatism? -Orlando Gutierrez, BostonThere are a lot of very, very smart conservative intellectuals like Thomas Sowell, Michael Novak [and] George Weigal. There are a lot of very thoughtful advocates of what I would call a serious conservatism, by which I mean the preservation of the traditions of freedom and the understanding of the realities within which you have to make decisions...
Even though at this point there do not appear to be enough legislators backing passage, Gutierrez says he wants the Colombia FTA to at least be given a chance for a vote. "We can get the votes for Colombia," he said. But by his own admission it will take "a lot of hard work and a lot of convincing." And it will probably take a few more visits to that hilltop library...
...proponents say the best way for Colombia to continue to make progress on freedom and democracy is through economic growth and the engagement that comes with a trade deal. "The FTA allows internal observation of what's happening in Colombia," said Gutierrez. The agreement has special protocols that require Colombia to uphold international labor rights standards. "What I don't understand is how labor will be helped if there...
...Gutierrez, like Colombian officials who want to see the trade deal come into force as soon as possible, seems frustrated by those arguments. He grumbles that people who take that view do not recognize the "tremendous progress" that Colombia has made on those fronts. Union member killings are down to 30 so far this year from a peak in 1996 of 275 murders. About 98% of those cases remain unsolved. However, special prosecutors have been now trained to investigate labor union crimes and three judges have been detached from their regular duties to concentrate solely on cases of violence against...