Word: neighborism
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...would give Washington a stronger argument for imposing economic sanctions. Even Pyongyang's nominal ally China might react harshly, concerned that a regional arms race would ensue. On Thursday, U.S. President George W. Bush phoned China's President Hu Jintao to urge him to take firmer action against his neighbor. Meanwhile, Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke of "disastrous" consequences for North Korea if it conducts a test, warning that the international community "has zero tolerance for any new country to go for a nuclear weapon." But for all the threats, intelligence gathering and diplomatic scrambling...
...entry into the world's exclusive club of proven nuclear powers, North Korea watchers say the potential fallout with its ally China could stay Pyongyang's hand. But President Bush isn't taking any chances. He urged China's President Hu Jintao last week to rein in his irksome neighbor. And in case Kim Jong Il doesn't get the message, the U.S. is rotating Stealth bombers and fighter jets through Guam, where they are within striking distance of North Korea. --By Donald Macintyre. With reporting by Elaine Shannon
...longest losing streak in Crimson women’s lacrosse history, Harvard was presented with a ray of light at the end of its thirteen-game tunnel—the opportunity to play the season’s final contest against Brown, the Crimson’s closest neighbor in the Ivy League cellar...
America’s favorite northern neighbor may be about to change. Ever-so-liberal Canada—loved my many, and teased by a few—is facing serious threats from internal Conservative opposition. President Bush may be about to find his new best friend...
...incipiently tortured child who had crushes on most of the boys in the neighborhood. That was confusing--to me as well as most of the boys in the neighborhood--but my mounting uncertainty found a clarifying counterpoint in Han Solo. When I was playing with the neighbor kids, I would adopt a sarcastic, daring Solo persona. I didn't quite get Lucas' hieratic Jedi myths or his nearly liturgical lightsaber duels. But Solo's weapons--his blaster and his mouth--those I got. I would charge through our house shouting Solo's smart-ass lines from memory and mercilessly blasting...