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...times, “unilateralist” has become a dirty word, an insult on par with “belligerent aggressor” and a refrain of choice for critics of the present administration. We hear, from European politicians and American intellectuals, a ceaseless jeremiad about the dangers of unilateral U.S. action. Consider, for example, the lament of Peter Kilfoyle, a member of the British parliament, in his recent op-ed in The Crimson. After deciding that Islamic terrorism is the result of globalization and the polarization of the “haves?...
...tricky tee shot over water and nasty, undulating green, allowed Baizer a very favorable lie in a hazard yesterday—an “almost unheard of” occurence, she said—and she promptly converted it for a respectable showing on the difficult par...
...tour headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where it has been since they staged history's biggest final-day rally to win in 1999. London bookmakers have the U.S. as a 1-to-2 favorite. The Ryder Cup, though, pays little heed to rankings, to the routine par 72 and four rounds. It's a different ball game. In the three-day match-play format, each match is worth a point; the team with the most points wins. The first two mornings at the Belfry will feature fourballs - four two-on-two matches in which the golfers play their...
...said her husband saw the movements in the northeast as on par with the rallies...
...status quo. You don't need to look far to see how much things haven't changed: America's slums are still infested with roaches and drug dealers, our public schools are still suffering from inattention, and too many of our citizens are still abandoned to the streets, sub-par nursing facilities or mental institutions. In Los Angeles, television executives are doing their best to capitalize on the country's sudden, collective clamor for nostalgia, pumping out maudlin new series (like NBC's "American Dreams"). And in New York, the mercenary battles rage on over the distribution of cash raised...