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...asked two of the most respected scholars on Mexican-American affairs, Peter Skerry of Boston College and Rodolfo de la Garza of Columbia University, what they thought of Huntington's piece. Skerry, author of the widely admired 1995 book Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority, praised Huntington for addressing an important issue. But, said Skerry, "he pushes things too far. On questions of loyalty and the adoption of American democratic values, the evidence is that we don't have a problem [with Mexican immigrants] up to now." Skerry sent me a paper on the Resurrection Project, a faith-based organization...
...world's wit were rolled into one portly fellow. PETER USTINOV, who died last week at 82, once boasted, "I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins" (his great-grandfather wedded the Princess of Ethiopia). He spoke six languages, and a few others of his own comic invention. With gifts too wide-ranging to be contained in one art form, he wrote hit plays (Romanoff and Juliet) and books of nonfiction and short stories. He could be an excellent film director (Billy Budd) and a serious Shakespearean (King Lear at Stratford, Ont.). He won Supporting...
...indicated they would allow Yukos to keep disputed Siberian licenses, the Prosecutor General posted charges against Khodorkovsky's associate Platon Lebedev on its website. "Khodorkovsky is deluding himself if he thinks he can mend fences with Putin," says political analyst Dmitri Furman. It can't hurt to try - By Peter Gumbel. With reporting by Yuri Zarakhovich Someone's Paying The Price Global music-industry trade body IFPI filed the first suits against online piracy outside the U.S. , targeting 250 alleged file sharers in four countries. And British music group EMI blamed the effect of illegal downloads when...
...group of 22 fire fighters in Casper whether they feel insulted by suggestions that they should get less homeland-security money, they all nod in agreement. "No one can say Casper can't be a terrorist target," says fire fighter Roy Buck. Taking the point further, Peter Beering, terrorism-preparedness chief in Indianapolis, Ind., writes in First to Arrive, a Harvard collection of essays on emergency preparedness, "In an era of satellite television ... attacking a rural target may actually instill more fear by delivering the message that no one is safe...
...were unable to agree on principles for new issues that could arise in the future," Ballmer said in a statement. Microsoft is almost certain to appeal. Still, its many foes seem happy. "Monti played his hand superbly," says Ed Black, president of the Computer and Communications Industry Association. --By Peter Gumbel...