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...years later. Chirac's determination to succeed in his last term is entwined with deep-rooted French nationalism. The big victory by his followers in parliamentary elections in June freed him from five frustrating years of 'cohabitation' with the left that hobbled French foreign policy. Now he's intent on forging a role as a national leader who rises above partisan politics to exemplify his nation. Leading the international opposition to Washington hawks over Iraq has won Chirac plaudits at home and in the Arab world. He can take credit for pushing the Bush Administration to working through the United...
...blame Lindh's mother and father for being the America haters that some of us suspected they were. But someone must have fostered the uncertainty in this young man that led him to fall in love with a religious group that is intent on ending Western civilization. And somewhere along the line, Lindh's Taliban buddies must have let on that killing Americans was the point of the rigorous training he received in Afghanistan. Maybe we should go back to telling our children that the U.S. is the greatest nation on earth and that our culture is superior...
...restroom and dives through toilets, making a mess. It all adds up to a two-hour-and-42-minute movie, which is nine minutes longer than Philosopher's Stone. Although Chamber of Secrets' pacing is more lively than the first film's, it still drags at times. Columbus is intent on getting as much of the book on screen as possible, and the movie inevitably creaks under the weight of Rowling's imagination. Columbus, in fact, was accused of being too slavishly faithful to Rowling's first book. This time, he also lets his own imagination run riot from time...
...believe that, while the intent of the keg policy was positive, the policy will actually effect negative and potentially dangerous results,” the petition said...
There are, however, actions and words that clearly are anti-Semitic, some in intent, others in effect. For example, the malicious claim by New Jersey poet laureate Amiri Baraka that Israelis were warned in advance to stay away from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 is plainly anti-Semitic in intent, despite the fact that it mentions only Israelis and not Jews. The divestment petition, which singles out Israel for criticism in the face of the reality that its human rights record is far better than that of any other nation in the region, is anti-Semitic in effect...