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...broadcast. In 2004, senior Spanish Socialist Jose Bono was taped at a party meeting quietly telling a colleague that Tony Blair was an "imbecile" and "a complete d___head." Canadian PM Jean Chretien annoyed his American neighbors with some careless tittle-tattle at a 1997 NATO summit in Madrid. "In your country and my country, all the American politicians would be in prison because they sell their votes," he told Belgian leader Jean-Luc Dehaene and, unwittingly, Canadian broadcaster CBC. In 1993, British PM John Major had finished a TV interview but tapes were still running when he vented...
...result, local governments have had no choice but to announce water-saving measures; prohibiting golf superintendents from giving grasses a good soaking with drinking water is one of them. However, rationing doesn't cause the slightest bit of trouble for the Quijorna Golf Club, located 40 km outside Madrid. Here only rainwater is used to keep the 18-hole course green. And if nature doesn't cooperate in irrigating Spain's first ecological golf course, then let it be brown, explains Paco López, founder of the Quijorna Golf Club...
...counterproductive—temptation to dub the bombing an “act of war” or an attack sponsored by Pakistan; initial statements from both nations stressed the need to continue dialogue and confidence-building measures between the tense neighbors. Terror attacks in New York, Madrid, London, Bali, Casablanca, Istanbul, and Bombay show that the “war on terror” is a global effort that affects all civilized nations, but this fight has to be conducted without spawning more hatred and terror. In this respect the initial Indian response has been extremely commendable?...
...result, local governments have had no choice but to announce water-saving measures; prohibiting golf superintendents from giving grasses a good soaking with drinking water is one of them. However, rationing doesn't cause the slightest bit of trouble for the Quijorna Golf Club, located 40 km outside Madrid. Here only rainwater is used to keep the 18-hole course green. And if nature doesn't cooperate in irrigating Spain's first ecological golf course, then let it be brown, explains Paco López, founder of the Quijorna Golf Club. "We merely defend the idea of a natural golf...
...rich and poor. This time the terrorists' target was a global financial capital at the heart of the fast-growing Asian economy and a popular destination for foreign investment. The similarity to recent attacks on transportation networks in Western financial capitals was not lost on residents of Bombay. "First Madrid, then London, now us," says Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, a well-known Indian investor. "The terrorists were trying to attack the financial backbone of India, but it did not work." Indeed, in the aftermath of the bombs, Bombay's people showed resilience and bravery?just as those in Madrid, London...