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...uniform could spend all their time building schools and giving vaccine shots. Indeed, in the most recent issue of Parameters, the U.S. Army's professional journal, Zachary Selden notes that "Many of the capabilities required to transform the current security environment ... are no longer military but civilian. Europe has latent civilian capabilities that ... would make NATO more balanced...
...adult—faces up to 52 years in jail. Despite the heinousness of this crime, the killer seems to have suffered at the hands of American cultural attitudes, just as his victim did. This incident was an eloquently horrible manifestation of some of the effects of latent homophobia in the United States. Simply put, 14-year-olds do not take it upon themselves to kill homosexuals without a considerable amount of ideological influence, be it from family, friends, or the media. A boy of 14 years is not known for making the most rational decisions. Nor are 14-year...
...Breaking Bad” is about pouting, not shouting. In order for this premise to work, we have to believe that this mild-mannered chemistry teacher is crazy enough to think that becoming a meth-maker is the best way to finance those oncology bills. Cranston has the latent manic energy to make us believe that, but creator Vince Gilligan seems set on not letting that energy show. Cranston does an admirable job of playing the part with as much restraint as possible, but anyone who’s seen what he can do aches for those moments of unabashed...
Some liberals criticize Hillary Clinton because, having spent the bulk of her career in the conservative era, she is too cautious. She lives in terror of a latent conservatism that no longer exists in the land. The country has moved left, they say, and Barack Obama is the candidate of audacious liberal hope...
...universally appealing, you can bet that the more extreme viewpoints he dishes up to white Republicans get omitted from the soothing “heritage” speeches he gives at Indian-American fundraising dinners. Jindal has been very successful indeed at working his innate advantage and tapping the latent ethnic pride (some would call it racism) felt by other people of his color...