Word: mainstreamers
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...Republicans latched on to the gap between Obama's budget request and the Democratic caucus' counteroffer as evidence that Obama's budget is "so far out of the mainstream" that even members of his own party won't support it, said Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House. Almost all Republicans in both chambers oppose the budget, though there are a few moderates still making up their minds. "I intend to listen, and I intend to be willing to think about things," Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, told reporters on Wednesday...
...Islamic world. Despite its size, it has little impact on Muslim affairs. It is also somewhat removed from the big issues Obama will most likely address in his speech - extremism, terrorism, democracy, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. "Indonesia's a nice place, but it is outside the mainstream of Muslim opinion," says an Arab diplomat who asked not to be identified. "A Muslim watching in Egypt, or in Syria, or in Iraq - they will wonder, 'Why is he speaking to us from so far away?' " (Read "What's Holding Indonesia Back...
...West and viewed as a reformer. A speech in Rabat would resonate especially with North African nations like Algeria and Tunisia, where fundamentalism and terrorism are on the rise. But Morocco does not carry much clout in Islamic affairs. If Jakarta is too far east from the Muslim mainstream, then Rabat is too far west. (Read "Morocco's Gentle War on Terror...
...students who audition are not as diverse as the entire Harvard undergraduate population.Thus Wong hopes that the AAA Players will be able to spread Asian American culture through the theater community and encourage students of Asian descent to participate in Common Casting, particularly because there are few mainstream plays that star Asian Americans. And while he appreciates its egalitarianism, Wong believes that Common Casting could be more inviting to Asian Americans and other minorities.“Oftentimes, you find the same people appearing in the [Common Casting] plays. It almost becomes like a ‘group?...
...past few weeks, al-Maliki has issued several calls for national reconciliation, even reaching out to former low-level members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, encouraging them to return to mainstream politics. But Iraq isn't a place with short memories. Reconciliation is difficult in a land where the 1,400-year-old Shi'ite-Sunni schism is still very much alive. Gone are the days when some Iraqi men carried three national identification cards - one listing their name as Omar (a predominantly Sunni name), another as Ali (predominantly Shi'ite) and a third as Ammar (which...