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Meanwhile, the larger historical framework surrounding the controversy, such as the United States' very recent imperialist past (and some might argue present) in Puerto Rico and the treatment of Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens in the United States has been shunted aside in favor of blanket accusations about the tolerance of violence and the cat-and-mouse game of political point-scoring. What was an opportunity for Americans, particularly politicians, to educate themselves about Puerto Rico's history and its complicated relationship with the United States, as well as about the status and treatment of Puerto Ricans...
...staff members attesting to it. She then contended he had trumped up the management excuse--and produced the petition--after he got unjustifiably concerned that she was going to go public with her accusations. Baucus has denied making any such advances and says he wants her to present her case in court under oath. She hasn't decided whether to go further because Senate procedure requires that she first exhaust her administrative remedies on his playing field, where the Senate provides him with counsel...
...team, which stumbled slightly towards the end of last season, launched a respectable beginning with a fifth-place finish in the Fordham Invitational last Saturday. Eleven complete teams competed in the Invitational, and two incomplete teams were also present...
Haggerty said he is unsure of the threat the Northeastern women will present to the Crimson, because the two teams did not compete against each other last season...
...leave North Korea starving but isolated and it tries in desperation to break out through launching aggression, the only option would be to fight them - and that would cost the U.S. and its allies in the region far, far more in human and economic terms than the present policy does...