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...complain, there's little either can do to halt this integration. Punitive tariffs backfire. The Obama Administration's 35% tariff on imports of Chinese tires potentially hurt Goodyear's operations in Ohio because the company had developed a cost structure that uses production in China as a way to maintain its U.S. operations. China threatened to retaliate with tariffs on U.S. chicken parts. If tires and chicken parts are the worst of it, so much for trade wars...
With 17 minutes left, junior Alex Chi’s work rate put Maryland under pressure, but MacMath beat the midfielder to the ball to maintain his shutout...
Similarly, the digitization of books will produce myriad benefits by making books more easily accessible and less expensive to acquire and maintain. However, this is also not without unfortunate consequences—many attach an important sentimental value to hard copies of books that cannot be replicated in equally massive, but electronic, collections. But we already possess large stores of physical texts that will not be abolished by library reforms; the “profound stimulus to the imagination” of walking through the Widener stacks described by English Professor Robert Scanlan will not be a victim of reforms...
...vitality vs. security” argument masks a certain, purposeful interdependence in America, especially between generations. Democracy works on the premise that the social contract spans eras. Today’s young provide some protection for those who sacrificed in the past, and today’s elderly maintain a duty of active stewardship for those who will come in the future. There are live wires between us, and to describe the American contract of caring for citizens of other generations as a mere siphoning process, as Brooks does, is to cheapen...
Quotes By: "We need to carefully maintain a channel of dialogue. Iran is an important country. You must deal with it with respect and dignity." - Amano in a February interview praising President Obama's willingness to sit down with Iranian officials (Reuters...