Word: joined
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...reverse boycott is perfect for the growing cadre of slactivists - slackers who care just enough about causes to sign online petitions and join Facebook protest pages but lack the time, money or drive to do much else...
...deluding myself. I know hockey is a subculture and that few of you will join it. But you should still vote to let me write about it. We're at risk of becoming a society in which we read only about topics we're already interested in, and TIME is one of the last places that tries to satisfy the intellectually curious. Besides, if you choose not to drive a Zamboni across my heart, there's a fair chance I could get Gretzky to grow a Yanni 'stache...
...state of Georgia. Indeed, many security analysts have concurred that former President Bush’s declaration of support for Georgia’s NATO membership bid was a major factor in last August’s war between Georgia and Russia. Since then, Georgia, which still hopes to join the alliance, has been a sticking point in NATO-Russia relations. NATO’s recent decision to go ahead with planned military exercises in Georgia this week will do nothing to help matters. The decision to hold the exercises in Georgia and to disregard the diplomatic implications of such...
...military exercises, which have involved troops from 15 countries, are connected to NATO’s Partnership for Peace. Russia, as a member of the Partnership for Peace, was invited to join in the exercises, but could hardly be expected to participate in military maneuvers in a country it is effectively still at war with. Although these exercises are focused on peacekeeping skills, they have gained importance, particularly for Russia, far above their stated aims. Russia sees the maneuvers, although they had been planned before the Georgia conflict erupted, as a NATO threat against Russia and, in particular, its military...
...they may lose their marquee coach. And it coincides with some interesting basketball developments. In early April, one of Pitino's longtime coaching rivals, John Calipari, was hired by the University of Kentucky. Also last month, Pitino's son Richard, who'd been on the Louisville staff, left to join Billy Donovan's staff at the University of Florida...