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...Even if FIFA's proposal is unlikely to pass muster, there's evidence that fans are behind the idea. Manish Bhasin, host of the BBC show Football Focus, says that for many English fans, a dazzling side comprised entirely of local players would be a dream come true. "To have that local connection means a lot to your average English football fan," says Bhasin. Statistics support his assessment; a recent BBC poll commissioned by Football Focus found that 56% of respondents favored quotas...
...Since when is congress the repository of historical truth? If, as Power asserts, the Turks remain indifferent allies after all the largesse we have lavished on them, what makes her think they'll be more tractable after we pass a gratuitous resolution that insults them? We should oppose the resolution because it would be an empty gesture certain to damage our international position. This is plain irresponsibility at a time when American troops are still mired in the thankless Iraq adventure. Bikash Roy, Cary...
...Since when is Congress the repository of historical truth? If, as Power asserts, the Turks remain indifferent allies after all the largesse we have lavished on them, what makes her think they'll be more tractable after we pass a gratuitous resolution that insults them? We should oppose the resolution because it would be an empty gesture certain to damage our international position. This is plain irresponsibility at a time when American troops are still mired in the thankless Iraq adventure. Bikash Roy, CARY...
...year Ivy League after-party, replete with company cars, expense accounts, and corporate junkets. Is it really so surprising that so many graduates of this country’s greatest university end up in this country’s greatest metropolis?And yet, I think I’ll pass. You see, I’m not like most Harvard students—I’m one of the roughly 10 percent of undergraduates with a foreign passport. For us internationals, post-graduation planning is a delicate subject—should I stay or should...
...another issue, has not been able to deliver on her promises to get things done. Organized labor, and half the caucus, is actively lobbying against the first trade treaties a Democratic Congress has been confronted with since the Clinton era. Thursday night the House is anticipated to finally pass the first, and least controversial, of the treaties - the Peru Free Trade Act - before it heads to the Senate, where it is expected to have an easier time. Pelosi and Schwab came to an agreement on the Peruvian and Panamanian Free Trade treaties after some labor and environmental standards were added...