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...things are very different. Under Putin, Russia has used fuel rather than military power as its weapon in trying to quell attempts by Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia to wriggle free of its tutelage. The Russian authorities have hinted that countries in Western Europe ought to avoid annoying them, too. Exports of gas and oil, moreover, have balanced the Russian budget and enabled the government to take unprecedented initiatives, which Putin mentioned in his address. As billions of petrochemical dollars pour into the nation's coffers, he seeks to reinvigorate its scientific base. The down-at-heels research institutes...
...often said that it’s tough to teach an old dog new tricks. Perhaps in a case such as this, the old dog ought not to even...
...ticking bomb and save thousands of lives? At the April 24 “Facing Animals” colloquium, this scenario is presented as one of many to explore the controversial nuances of ethical animal treatment. “I think our intuitions provide clear direction. We ought to torture the horse,” says Patricia Herzog, panelist and author. Not all panelists agree: Martha C. Nussbaum, a professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago Law School, recounts a “happy story” about an Asian elephant at the Bronx zoo (named...
...call it whatever you want, but it is a global effort." The president, who has been using the phrase since at least June 2002, drew laughter in 2004 when he told a convention of UNITY: Journalists of Color Inc.: "We actually misnamed the war on terror. It ought to be: 'the struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shake the conscience of the free world...
...Chroniclers of this match ought to record an assist for Anfield, as mad a madhouse as ever housed a football team, English, European, South or North American for that matter. A half hour before kickoff the Kop was in full red-hued cry, singing, chanting, clapping. "We are not English we are Scouse," proclaimed one banner, referring to a local stew that doubles as the nickname by which the city ' s residents are collectively known. When the game began, so did the crescendo, one that would not let up, that would not let the 3,000 or so Chelsea fans...