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...over Washington's handling of the war. "There is concern on both the military and diplomatic fronts over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the bombing strategy; perceived lack of U.S. consultation with its allies; and insufficient U.S. focus on the humanitarian crisis," the paper reports. "The British government is also intent on opposing the expansion of the war beyond Afghanistan and is horrified at elements within the Pentagon pushing for an all-out assault on Iraq. The handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the main source of dispute, with Downing Street and the Foreign Office worried that dithering in Washington...
...several plastic vials of undisclosed substances included in a packet of papers sent to former President Clinton's office in Harlem, though the bacteria apparently grew naturally through fermentation and caused no harm. Still, the concerns of Thompson and his colleagues are understandable. Even without any diabolical intent, U.S. packing houses in recent years have accidentally passed along meat infected with deadly E. coli O157...
...pretzel rod when he?s at the plate, directed a single to right, making the score 7-0. The D- Backs now had a cadence going. Single, double, single, double. Torre had already conceded the game, leaving the miserable Witasick in to face an Arizona team that was very intent on exorcizing the demons that possessed them in earlier in the week. If this game was played in Salem, they would have stoned him, too. By the end of the third inning, the score read 12-0. By the end of the fourth It was 15-0. The Yanks would...
...most compelling case for Canada’s little-man complex, however, is its tendency to produce, on occasion, a public intellectual intent on gleefully pointing out the most obvious and shopworn defects of America’s politics and people. The newest excoriation comes from James Laxer, a Canadian political scientist and social commentator who teaches at York University. Laxer was a leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party in the 1970s and in recent years has been a staunch critic of economic globalism. His most recent book, Discovering America—published in Canada as Stalking...
...successful suit on those grounds could be nearly impossible, because although the district has traditionally fielded a minority candidate, the district’s constituency is not primarily minority. The law requires proof of actual intent by districtors to break up minority neighborhoods...