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...Shleifer and Daniel Shleifer argue many of these Western critics have simply projected unreasonable expectations of Russia's post-communist era. They maintain that contemporary Russia's mix of authoritarianism and democracy, its nationalist disposition and even its levels of corruption and criminality put in very much on a par with states of equivalent economic status. Russia's strategic nuclear missile fleet may have once made it a geopolitical competitor to the U.S. but by economic measure, its peers would be the likes of Mexico and Argentina. Its UN Security Council veto power may have given it equal importance...
...students aren’t the only ones left frustrated after a sub-par meal. Apparently, several members of the dining hall staff had also been dismayed by recent changes in infrastructure at the Lowell House dining hall, adding to the controversy...
...Nothing was done when Hnida’s father talked to him about the abuse (a conversation Barnett has separately admitted and denied) and he certainly didn’t value Hnida enough to demand proper treatment for her. Even if her skills weren’t up to par, it’s hard to imagine him making similar comments about a male member of his squad...
...numbers in conference play this season—a 2.14 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage—are respectable, to be sure. But they rank him in the middle of the pack of ECAC netminders, and those numbers are not on par, relative to his league rivals, with the ones he presented last season when he finished a close second to Ken Dryden Award winner David LeNeveu of Cornell in goals-against average and save percentage...
...meek and mild,' and this time sheer reverence held De Mille in check. There were a couple of zebras drawing Magdalene's chariot, and the earthquake that follows the crucifixion was as stunning as the Red Sea parting, although virtually thrown away.... De Mille's sincerity was on a par with his stern ruling that, during production, the actors portraying the Christ and the apostles refrain from drinking, gambling, cussing, night-clubbing and even having intercourse with their wives...