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...insists that the White House wants Kazakhstan to "accelerate itself down the path of democracy." But Nazarbayev seems more interested in the prestige value of his meeting. "We're now a key ally of the United States in Central Asia," said Nazarbayev in 2004, when Bush sent him a letter of gratitude for "Kazakhstan's continued assistance in the war on terror." Kazakhstan's abundant oil, political stability, and a foreign policy friendly to the West outweigh its human-rights and democratic shortcomings, and will ensure that Nazarbayev's visit to the U.S. is largely a friendly...
Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser said that he wrote a letter of support for Paul to the building manager of William James Hall...
When you're a hard-liner on crime, but crime goes up, what do you do? If you're French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, you blame the judges. Last week, Le Monde published a letter from the head of Seine-St.-Denis - ground zero of last year's riots and one of the country's most crime-ridden districts - expressing anguish over an "upsurge of crime." This was bad timing given Sarkozy's ambitions to run for President next May. The Minister could hardly blame the police, especially after two officers in a neighboring department were severely beaten...
...nation," she says. That independence is threatened by proposals to rein in the courts and cut budgets "to punish them for things legislators don't like," she says. "This is pretty scary stuff." O'Connor does plan to slow down--and say no more often: "That simple two-letter word would save me a lot of trouble...
...freshmen, who constitute the majority of alcohol-related admits at UHS—whose inexperience with drinking makes hard liquor a dangerous liability. Without ready access to beer at the tailgate, they could “pregame” with hard liquor in private, making strict adherence to the letter of the law a potentially more dangerous alternative to the traditional beer tailgate. A more practical policy for the future would perhaps permit House Committees and student groups to bring kegs but ban hard liquor. But alas, our cries of reason will probably have little effect. The College...