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...Boucher may have ended the verbal spat, but the episode has once again highlighted India's diplomatic dilemma, as it cozies up to the world's only - but highly unpopular - superpower while not annoying traditional allies and preserving its own self-interest. "Iran is the litmus test for India's foreign policy," says former diplomat Rajiv Sikri. "India and Iran have been allies historically, and India's interests are bound with Iran's. If India cannot take a free stand on Iran, it can hardly hope to claim an independent foreign policy...
...victorious Big Red and the second-place Crimson.Despite the loss, the young Harvard varsity was satisfied with the boat’s performance. The Crimson is often one of the last crews to get on the water for practices and spring races, making the first dual competitions a crucial litmus test.“I think across the board in all the pieces we’ve seen that we have a really solid foundation here,” Mulcahy said. “Starting off with this kind of a strong performance, we’re coming away with...
...reading how the surge has brought violence down. Has it succeeded? Has it not succeeded? I think we need to look past the statistics to get a sense of what Baghdad feels like. So what I'm going to try to do with my story is apply some personal litmus tests to the surge. Can I go to the restaurants I grew very fond of in Baghdad that I could visit two and a half years ago? Can I go to the markets, the shops that I used to go to? Can I go to and visit friends in their...
...Pakistan also showed itself capable of conducting an effective election. True, there were irregularities, and just how free and fair the election really was will be the subject of ongoing debate. But these polls satisfied the litmus test of democracy: their results are being accepted as legitimate by the Pakistani people. For that, President Pervez Musharraf deserves credit. He has made some terrible decisions in recent years (from undermining the judiciary to shackling the media) but resisting the temptation to rig this election can only be characterized as laudable. Given Musharraf's unpopularity, it came as no surprise that...
Citizen Kane is the definitive litmus test, and Oscar failed it. At the top of nearly every critics' poll as the best film of all time, Orson Welles' debut movie was praised to the skies when it opened in 1941. But the resemblance of Charles Foster Kane to publisher William Randolph Hearst cued a campaign to suppress the movie, and Kane flopped in its initial release. In addition, many in the industry rankled at Welles' boy-genius rep and may have resented the freedom this first-timer was given by his studio, RKO. Under these circumstances, it's probably...