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...bitter linguistic debates over topics abstruse to the hearing world--ASL vs. cued speech; mainstreaming vs. specialized education; and the use of cochlear implants, surgically installed devices that counter some deafness. But until this year, Fernandes was convinced that the school's overriding bond of deaf solidarity would inevitably prevail...
...they encourage people to do whatever feels right, regardless of the consequences: dump the Prime Minister, take a bribe, kiss your partner before marriage. Indeed, corruption scandals plague the current government of Girija Prasad Koirala. If the monarchy were still absolute, the critics griped, then the traditional values would prevail...
...This view did not prevail in internal White House strategy sessions and, given what Bush said in his speech today, we can see why. The slash-and-burn approach was exactly what Bush spoke out against. "Just as we need a new tone in Washington," said the President, "we also need a new tone in discussing energy and the environment; one that is less suspicious, less punitive, less rancorous. We've yelled at each other enough. Now it's time to listen to each other...
...Although Washington hawks grumbled when Colin Powell went out canvassing for the proposals during a tour of the Middle East in February, the Secretary of State was always going to prevail on the question of lightening the load on Baghdad because the U.S. and Britain had become isolated on Iraq policy and the sanctions regime was in a state of collapse. Rather than a new U.N. resolution on Iraq - which would be impossible to pass given the level of division in the Security Council over Iraq - the proposals are designed to streamline and alter the requirements of the existing sanctions...
...type crackdown if their prized Olympiad was at stake. So, with most observers holding Beijing as the slight favorite over Paris and Toronto, the China-bashers, human rights advocates, Tibetan independence campaigners and others who hope to stop the IOC awarding it the games are probably not going to prevail. But in the (likely) event their efforts to stop China getting the Games are defeated, the opportunities to promote their causes afforded by a Beijing Olympiad may yet turn such a defeat into a blessing...