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...Just as gravity pulls together the local chaotic movements of water droplets to orchestrate the outer geometric identity of a waterfall, conventions pull together human turmoil to orchestrate the notion of humanity. The Tamil Tigers can perpetrate the above crime and face mere condemnation from a few countries, because almost no convention to protect war-affected communities exerts enough pressure on rebel groups who abuse civilians. Nearly all mechanisms are devised to limit the scope of military action that a government can take to face a rebellion, which has been proven insufficient to protect internally displaced persons. Moreover, this pressure...
...technology to confirm that the wood came from slow-growing trees, and researchers in Sweden have argued that Swedish Spruce in the country's cold North are the closest specimens Europe now holds to the wood of the Stradivari era. But Nagyvary doesn't believe the growing conditions of local forests to be an important factor...
...pilots yesterday to be alert to the possibility of satellite wreckage. But the critical bits of evidence - actual debris recovered on the ground - has not turned up. "We have not seen any indication of anything being found," Herwig told TIME on Sunday evening. "Our source for this would be local law enforcement." (See pictures of animals in space...
...latest problem arose when Obama nominated Gregg to head the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau. Local Democratic officials and advocates for minority groups protested the nomination because they feared Gregg would not support efforts such as sampling that they think will result in a more accurate census count. The White House responded by publicly promising that the census director would "work closely with White House senior management...
...battle over how to count people only makes sense when you look at what is at stake. The redistricting of local districts and reapportionment of congressional seats is based on census counts - a state could gain or lose seats based on its population, and shifts within a state determine plans for redrawing political boundaries. The redistricting that took place in Texas at Tom DeLay's urging following the 2000 census - which swung six congressional seats to the GOP - is just one example of how dramatically political fortunes can shift based on the use of those crucial numbers...