Word: normalization
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Behind the scenes, Bush mused to aides that he loved what he was seeing and regretted he would never be able to come to a place like this as a normal tourist. Instead he pursued a fairly restricted itinerary, visiting the U.S. military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and skipping the Turtle Temple and the stir-fried camel. Asked at a briefing why the President wasn't out more among the people, National Security Adviser Steve Hadley said the motorcade routes through the heart of the city meant that the President was "in the midst of the Vietnamese people...
...Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Directed by Steven Shainberg Picturehouse 1.5 Stars Move over, Martha Stewart—exotic is the new plain, and weird is the new normal. Unfortunately, each is proving that it can be just as boring as its predecessor. “Taking the center from the margins” seems to be the raison d’être of several of the best films produced in culture-war-America over the past year, from the spectacular “Brokeback Mountain” to the delightful “Little Miss Sunshine...
...normal circumstances, Milingo's taste for the spotlight might cause the Vatican to simply ignore him. But the fact that the Pope called the meeting in the first place is telling. The question of specific dispensations and the broader question of celibacy is not a matter of fixed church doctrine, but has long been a tradition in the Latin church, while Eastern rite churches allow married men to become priests. Church insiders say that a small core of progressive Cardinals have been trying to open up discussion of the rules going well back into John Paul's papacy. Some observers...
Rank: 1 Last Week: 54 Funkytown I’ll take a one way ticket to that place Rank: 2 Last Week: - Cookie cakes Larger than normal cookies, both in size and deliciousness; larger than the occasional cake Rank: 3 Last Week: 2 Yeah, that’s my gf Now I am going to fuck you up real good Rank: 4 Last Week: - Eye for an eye A frustrating transaction with a blind person Rank: 5 Last Week: - The 2006 elections Wait’ll you see my dick
...about rules, from treating foreign companies fairly to dropping tangled customs regulations. But the largest obstacle may be persuading U.S. legislators - mindful of the impact on the U.S. of the flood of cheap imports and outsourcing that followed China's WTO admission in 2001 - to extend normal trading partner status to Vietnam. Passage of permanent normal trade relations status, usually a WTO formality, failed this week in the House of Representatives as legislators struggled to muster the requisite two-thirds majority for fast-track passage. The move was resisted by lawmakers seeking to protect textile manufacturers in their home states...