Word: northerner
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...flag outstanding [Oct. 1], out of all other flags, with the Canadian one being the least visible, on a piece of ice that belongs to Canada. There is no extent to America's "supremacy over the world" syndrome and the shameful lack of knowledge of your northern neighbor. How interesting that America still considers itself the belly-button of the world, after all its unsuccessful attempts to run the world its way. Marie-Andree Delisle, MONTREAL...
...that we prove it directly from the genes, a kind of color under the skin approach,” Lalueza-Fox said. While Neanderthals followed a different evolutionary path to their redheaded appearance than modern humans, their pale skin and red hair provided certain advantages comparable to that of northern Europeans today. At high altitudes, where there is less UV radiation, homo sapiens have light skin to help absorb sufficient Vitamin D for healthy bones. Red hair has no apparent evolutionary advantage, although some have suggested that it could be useful for sex selection, according to Lalueza...
...Rockies wanted to discuss the issue in the midst of the most important games of their lives, but George McHendry, the pastor at United Church of Christ in northern Denver who attended some 50 Rockies games this year, thinks the team is increasingly sensitive to its reputation. In 2005 and 2006, the Rockies had a "Christian Family Day" at Coors Field. This season the Rockies renamed the promotion "Faith Day," though there weren't many rabbis or imams at the park. "To do that to appease other religions is hypocritical to say the least," says McHendry, who helped organize...
...Furthermore, over 86 percent of the detainees at Guantanamo were taken by Northern Alliance and Pakistani forces at a time when the U.S. military was paying large rewards for the capture of suspected enemies. Unless we want foreign bounty hunters to serve as prosecutor, judge, and jury, legitimate judicial oversight is needed...
...team has nine days before the Northern championships, followed by another two week rest for its final tournament of the season, the Eastern championships...