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...Ankara, where he will address Turkish MPs, and Istanbul, where he is to meet with religious leaders and youths, Obama is also expected to deliver a message urging Turkey to embrace further democratic reforms and to refocus on its long-term goal of joining the European Union. Movement towards membership of the E.U. has stalled, both because of European leaders' unwillingness to contemplate a future with Turkey, and the current government's Islamic leanings, which have led it to turn eastwards and greater involvement with the Middle East. "The United States must remain an iron clad supporter of Turkish membership...
...midst of trying to judge the quality of membership in each...
...through situations like fighting over boys, getting back at each other...stupid stuff like that.” Others disagreed: “especially in the last 10 years, women have increasingly been portrayed in a positive way,” said Ann Marie Brouillette ’09, membership chair for the Seneca and one of the discussion moderators. “There have been a lot more strong female characters in shows,” said Brouillette, who is also an inactive Crimson business editor. “There are still issues related to body image, female sexuality...
...chair of the Crimson Editorial Board, and Spee member John F. Bowman ’11 defended the final clubs by trying to debunk common stereotypes. Both argued that final clubs are more heterogeneous than they are perceived to be, although the two acknowledged that the final club membership is wealthier than the student body at large. “It’s one of the most racially diverse organizations that I know of,” Bowman said of the Spee. At the same time, Advocate member Millicent M. Younger ’10 and Dudley...
...Ossetia. Georgia, whose bid to join the Alliance had been strongly backed by the U.S., was viewed by many Western officials as having provoked a senseless fight that would have obliged NATO to get involved had Georgia been a full member. Last summer's confrontation put Georgia's prospective membership in the deep freeze, as well as that of Ukraine, whose accession to NATO would also be taken by Moscow as provocation. Moreover, NATO's passivity in the face of Russia's pummeling of Georgia would have left member nations along Russia's western frontier wondering what extent of support...