Word: maintainence
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...good). I’ve simulated so many franchise seasons in my EA Sports games that even Rickey Henderson finally retired. I own such a multitude of sports jerseys that I ended up with the nickname “Jersey Jon.” Of course, I maintain that the last laugh will be mine when I finally meet a cute girl who swoons at the sight of my authentic Paul Pierce Roswell Rayguns jersey—one of just 500 produced by Nike, thank you very much...
...Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's kind that rules in Iran, has a 'thick wall' between mosque and state." The same officials are quoted as hoping that the Iraqi Shiites based at Najaf become the antidote to the Iranian mullahs. Again, half right: The Najaf leadership headed by Sistani do not maintain the Khomeinist principle of Wilayat al-Faqih (the rule by Islamic jurisprudence). That didn't stop the most influential Shiite leader on the Iraqi Governing Council, Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, praising that doctrine of clerical rule just last month...
...reading about in the book may not be reality. It’s good to know both, though. I’m not here to say you’re wasting your time going to Harvard. What I’m saying, though, is that it is important to maintain a balance: a combination of book smarts and street smarts. You can look at it this way. Coming here you might not have to learn it the hard way. I had to go through the school of hard knocks...
...many Putin voters show, there may be an epic gap between the expectations of Western commentators and of ordinary Russians. In an analysis in Foreign Affairs, Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Shleifer argue many of these Western critics have simply projected unreasonable expectations of Russia's post-communist era. They maintain that contemporary Russia's mix of authoritarianism and democracy, its nationalist disposition and even its levels of corruption and criminality put in very much on a par with states of equivalent economic status. Russia's strategic nuclear missile fleet may have once made it a geopolitical competitor...
...headquarters more resistant to espionage. With only about 200 security personnel, the U.N. has always found itself hopelessly outclassed by widget-wielding spooks from nations intent on spying--which is a common practice at the U.N. A senior U.N. official points out that the organization is not structured to maintain a sophisticated security service. So, sources say, it is considering bringing in private security contractors and consultants to fortify its defenses. In the interim, U.N. security will step up bug-detecting sweeps of Annan's 38th-floor offices and other sensitive areas...