Word: paradoxical
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Here's another paradox: the U.S. government is about to spend $850 million to make sure there's enough smallpox vaccine to protect every man, woman and child against the theoretical risk of a bioterrorist attack. Yet at the same time it's having trouble protecting kids from the clear and present danger of tetanus and meningitis...
...Over time the American economy has shown more dynamism and sustained growth than just about any other. But if you look only at the performance of the average American high school student on international tests, you would think we were a nation of dim-witted dullards. What explains the paradox...
...that will increase incrementally until it reaches $13.50 by 2005. Although we must commend the workers and all others who have been involved in this painstaking ordeal, we cannot quickly decree that victory and justice have come to Harvard. This whole process seems to suffer from a rather interesting paradox: There are more students than workers at Living Wage rallies yet more workers than students at Worker Appreciation...
...government has a natural ally in U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who said on Swiss television this month that he would be "extremely disappointed" if the initiative were defeated. He pointed out the obvious paradox that Geneva is home to the U.N.'s European branch, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Trade Organization and two dozen lesser-known entities. "Can Switzerland really stay on the sidelines of the global community?" he asked...
Mentana himself is an example of the paradox of the Italian broadcasting scene, with his Canale 5 show more likely to be critical of its top shareholder than two of the three rai stations. A RAI reporter who requested anonymity said that most people inside the industry believe the public stations are becoming more beholden to the government than their Berlusconi-owned competitors. "The atmosphere inside rai is atrocious," said the state TV reporter. Still, the private network has its own inherent limits: Mediaset's vice president is the Prime Minister's son, Piersilvio Berlusconi. Mentana thinks Berlusconi Sr. should...