Word: importances
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...have often admired Klein's thoughts, but in "Inflating a Little Man" he missed the mark by a mile. He wrote that Ahmadinejad's "words had no practical import, only symbolic, global import. He has very little real power in Iran." This leaves me incredulous because Ahmadinejad is the mouthpiece for the mullahs, who hold the real power in Iran. They hide behind him, sending him out in the world to do their dirty work, just as they send IEDs to Iraq to kill our soldiers. Ahmadinejad is the symbol of the very real poison emanating from Tehran. Symbols...
...government. Add in higher raw-materials prices, and manufacturers are facing increases in production costs they may no longer be able to absorb. The costs will be passed along to consumers worldwide, a situation that will be made worse by a strengthening Chinese currency. "Internationally, the price of imports from China will come up," says Chen Xingdong, chief China economist for BNP Paribas Securities. "The increase will be inevitable." There's evidence it's already happening. In May, the price of Chinese products imported by the U.S. registered a 0.1% year-on-year increase, the first such gain since...
...this heat and division. As the dust rises and the opinions, concurrences and dissents pile up, the court turns its attention to ever smaller cases related to ever narrower points of law. There is, it seems, an inverse relationship between the passions expressed in judicial writings and the import of the cases that inspire them. In the midst of these battles, no one seems to have noticed that the stakes have diminished. This trend--a steady shrinking of the judicial role in public policy and a handing over of issues to the states--is consistent with Roberts' conservative philosophy...
Shakespearian theatre this may be, but the political maneuverings of the capital Islamabad have import far beyond the Dunsinane-like nation of Pakistan. The U.S., which calls Musharraf its most important ally in the war on terror, has been quietly but forcefully pushing for a power sharing deal between the two politicians. Although Musharraf stood a good chance of winning the presidency without the PPP - his Pakistan Muslim League (Q) party has a slim majority in parliament - the tacit acquiescence of Bhutto's party lends the elections, and Musharraf's certain presidency, the democratic credentials necessary to garner continued international...
...Prison Break.” French pop culture is, by and large, American.Which is a tough phenomenon to explain: Why isn’t French music big in France? Unfortunately, the cliché stereotypes don’t apply. It’s not like the French import foreign pop because they’re lazy. They give as good as they get, even if bands like Phoenix and Air aren’t as popular in their home country as they are overseas. And it’s not as if Parisians are just too impolite, too hostile...