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...premise has promise: science has created a technology to "correct" the mutant-X gene. (If it were an X chromosome, of course, there'd be only X-women.) In yet another anti-Bush metaphor, the government wants to round up and purify, neuter and basically get rid of our eccentric super-heroes, thus creating a more stable, homogeneous society. Get it? For mutant, read Mexican...
...reform is now in jeopardy. It has appealed the Marseilles ruling, but if the initial judgment is upheld, chances are high that more and more jobless will be heading to court - or forcing a government climb-down through protests like that of the performing-arts workers. That would effectively neuter any hope of tackling the deficit. "A rich nation can't brazenly economize at the expense of its poorest members, as though society owes them nothing," warns Charles Hoareau, a Marseilles union official who organized the court case. Perhaps. But the French nation won't stay as rich...
ARIS MESSINIS/AFP-GETTY IMAGES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY After a stray bit a Ukrainian archery coach while he was jogging, Greece announced plans to neuter, euthanize and tag the city's 60,000 lost dogs
...that a more aggressive use of American troops might have trapped Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda leadership at Tora Bora. But Kerry's performance on Iraq raises a question. He voted for the war, but reluctantly. One almost senses that it was a political vote, intended to neuter his opposition to the first Gulf War. He was not a happy warrior. He said he could support the war only if the U.S. exhausted all diplomatic efforts--and then supported the war anyway when Bush abandoned the diplomatic process. Kerry has continued to criticize the Bush Administration's clumsy...
...part, Barker has been a major supporter of the animal rights movement. As an indication of his ongoing commitment to this cause, he urges viewers to spay or neuter their pets at the end of each show...