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Well, that's a very interesting point, I mean, the expectations are different. But on the other hand, there is the Mozartian opera which people love - and rightly so - but for its delightfulness. That isn't threatening really, even in the Madame Butterfly...
...Tough talk was no substitute for policy, however. As Washington ratcheted up the pressure, so did Pyongyang, a longtime master at playing a weak hand brilliantly. North Korea threw out international inspectors and restarted its weapons program, once again reprocessing plutonium from spent fuel rods. Pyongyang even upped the ante by hinting that it had a uranium-enrichment program paralleling its plutonium one. And it chose to end eight years of a self-imposed moratorium on missile testing on July 4, 2006 - American Independence...
...overcome the inequities of race. But the concept has also been justly used to benefit other disadvantaged groups, such as women and the handicapped. There is still a place for affirmative action if those who benefit are as qualified as other applicants. We must continue to extend the helping hand of compensatory justice to those who deserve it. Harvey Fenigsohn, Worcester, Mass...
...advantage" in the MPL. Manning's view disappoints Captain Ray Heiniger, a former Qantas chief pilot and director of training. "This is specialised training," says Heiniger, who now works with Alteon and helped train the Chinese students on Diamond-40 propeller planes. "We train them specifically for the right-hand seat of an airliner from day one. They are taught multi-crew skills so they operate as a team. In the end, it will produce a better-trained pilot...
...meant it. In time, Dunphy would take all of the wayward boy's business affairs in hand, not least renegotiating Hirst's split with dealers. Dunphy says Hirst's galleries now accept an arrangement that gives the artist as much as 70% of the sale price, instead of the standard 50%. But even with that advantageous formula, an auction in which Hirst reaps almost all the profits, while merely covering some sundry costs, was too much to resist. He'll still work with dealers, says Dunphy. But "Damien's far enough up the greasy pole...