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...flatly ruled out any such thing, and not just because being a superpower means never having to say you're sorry. The U.S. was more than willing to apologize for accidentally bombing the Chinese embassy in Belgrade two years ago. But in the case of this collision, the near instant consensus among U.S. military pilots was that if anyone was at fault, it was the Chinese...
...defining moments, from Waterloo to the Battle of Britain, have come from fighting Continental hegemons. Unlike the British tabloids, Cummings never descends to blasting nonexistent Brussels directives that supposedly compel straight bananas and cucumbers. But he does use all the techniques of modern politics - systematic fertilization of grassroots support, instant response to news, slick website, skillful ads - to convince both the intelligentsia and voters that relinquishing a national currency, especially control of interest rates, will lose Britain more than it gains. The key campaign slogan - "Europe Yes, Euro No" - has blunted Prime Minister Tony Blair's push to paint...
...instant she pulled a Harvard jersey over her shoulders there was no player who could touch her, no goalie who could stop her, no game in which she couldn't score...
None of this is remotely easy for the phobic person, and the body's anxiety Klaxons may go off the instant the therapy begins. Gradually, however, as each exposure level is reached, the alarms start to quiet; they sound again only when the intensity of the exposure is turned up. "Just as people become habituated to the noise of traffic or background chatter, so too can phobics become nonresponsive to the thing that once frightened them," says Phillipson...
...analyst reports came in weeks later, and guess what? The stock fell steadily. It's now under $4. That pattern was not unusual. It suggests that the only thing investors were paying attention to was their dreams. And that's the best disguise of all, really. You tell yourself instant wealth makes sense; it's your turn to hit the lottery. But of course we can't all hit the lottery together. In the end a dream is exactly that, whether there's an analyst...