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...Some Europeans argue that removing Schiavo's feeding tube is cruel. "Being starved and dehydrated is not a death with dignity," says Tara Flood, spokesperson for Britain's Disability Awareness in Action. Others would welcome more American-style pro-life passion. Italy's Minister for European Affairs, Rocco Buttiglione, who last year was forced to withdraw his candidacy as the European Union's Commissioner for Justice after making controversial remarks on homosexuality and the role of women, applauds American politicians' intervention in the Schiavo case. "It's moving to see a great participation of the American people and great movement...
...Unfurled Passion Turks have been gripped by patriotic fervor. The national flag was on display across the country - flying from homes, taxis, city buses, banks and store fronts - after television news showed two boys trying to burn one during the Kurdish new year festival Newroz, when Kurdish nationalist sentiment traditionally runs high. Even Turkey's reticent but powerful military General Staff weighed in, issuing a statement describing the incident as an act of "treason" by "so-called citizens." Civilians, too, felt scorned. "Burning the flag is a slap in our face," said Ahmet Güney, a shop clerk...
...Koons' passion for leafy produce began when he was a boy. While he was growing up on a self-sustaining farm in Oregon, his chores included saladmaking. Not long after he turned 18, he parlayed that skill into a several-year stint as a chef at the famed Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., before moving into the produce industry...
...time bashing the Crimson defense for hanging netminder Dov Grumet-Morris out to dry in the ECAC final, won by Cornell 3-1. He was right—Harvard’s blueliners had played below their potential for the most part. But hearing it from Wodon, whose passion for the Big Red is among college hockey’s worst kept secrets, was too much for some members of the Crimson...
...look at him and say that he’s as close as one could get to Coach Cleary in terms of personality and passion for the game,” MacDonald says. “[But he’s also] very, very serious when it comes to game time and very few people can make that balance and also inspire their players...