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...Hindi cousins. Indian publishers have over the past few years launched a plethora of new newspapers and magazines, covering everything from the latest cars to food to travel. Not surprising, then, that foreign media companies want a piece of the action, and have been clamoring for the government to overturn strict laws governing foreign media ownership in order to allow them to bring their biggest titles to the Indian market...
...from disrupting it and pursued only incremental change—no longer applies in the post-9/11 world or that we do not have the luxury of this comparatively slow and methodical strategy. So it adopted nearly the opposite foreign policy, one that is inherently radical, seeking to overturn the existing world order and build a new one from what is left over. (To be fair, it has certainly succeeded in reducing Iraq to its constituent parts...
...ponder before he takes the next step.Would the arrogance implicit in running now, after less than one term in the Senate, undercut his carefully built reputation for judiciousness? Is the Chicago politician right about the need to be strong and simple in a run for President? Or can Obama overturn all the standard political assumptions simply by being himself? "In setting your expectations for me now, just remember I haven't announced that I'm running in 2008," he concluded. "I would expect that anyone who's running in 2008, you should have very high expectations for them...
...students have recently approved a risque fund for “adult entertainment.” Residents of the hall initially voted in favor of the “SEX-C Fund”—Simmons Entertainment Executive Committee—last spring, and an appeal to overturn the decision was voted down last week by a bare majority. The creation of the fund has excited some students and aroused anger in others. Agustya R. Mehta, a junior at MIT and the Simmons Hall officer who brought forward last week’s appeal, is continuing to protest...
...held responsible for his backsliding at home. But both an independent hearing officer and an administrative-law judge disagreed and found that Luke's disability was severe enough to warrant a publicly financed 24-hour educational program. The district is now suing in federal court to try to overturn those rulings...