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...Administration officials insist the President's new posture is genuine. Bush, they say, wants to put the emphasis on diplomacy. In private, though, senior officials traveling with the President made it clear that the U.S. position had not changed on the most contentious issues: America, for instance, remains staunchly opposed to the E.U.'s move to lift the China arms embargo. And Bush is unlikely to soften his position on negotiating with Iran over the country's nuclear program, though his message on this point was mixed. Asked about U.S. intentions toward Iran, Bush replied: "This notion that the United...
UNTIL RECENTLY, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO groups of people: those who argue sex differences are innate and should be embraced and those who insist that they are learned and should be eliminated by changing the environment. Sax is one of the few in the middle--convinced that boys and girls are innately different and that we must change the environment so differences don't become limitations...
Girls like Woody insist on having a chance. "It's not always easy to find a wrestling partner," she says. "No one wants a girl." Puberty typically lifts most boys out of her weight class; it also means boys grow exponentially stronger than girls, lessening the girls' chance of winning. But Woody and thousands like her are standing their ground. "I never have to sit out practice because I always make someone practice with me," she says...
...seemed counterintuitive that anyone would insist on creating a false external image of happiness. And yet, in a crazy way, it made sense...
...been to make U.S. enemies tremble in the face of American power. Instead, it has made them more aware of the limits of that power. A two-year occupation by 150,000 U.S. troops has failed to subdue an insurgency by a Sunni Muslim force that U.S. officials insist numbers no more than 12,000. Today, U.S. officials concede that the insurgency can't be defeated militarily, and it has long been evident to the Europeans and others that Washington's military resources are badly overstretched by the mission in Iraq - and that Washington's bean-counters are not amused...