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...surpluses, has given this otherwise modest power an influential voice at the G-8 and international institutions like the United Nations. But those halcyon days are ending. Canada is losing ground - and influence - to competitors overseas, and some worry that the country's safe, even smug society could fall prey to the same ethnic tensions that afflict Europe and the U.S. Meanwhile, the lingering threat of secession from the French-speaking province of Quebec has been given new life by the recent election of a determined young separatist named André Boisclair to lead the province's still formidable sovereign...
...boats headed toward Bali from Hong Kong and Thailand are warned to stay away from the Celebes Sea. Cutlass and sword are pass?. Asian pirates today pounce from hidden coves in supercharged speedboats or trawlers armed with automatic rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and even antitank guns. Their easiest prey is the flotilla of fishing trawlers, ferries and small trading boats that ply the island waters. The booty includes everything from cargoes of fish to duty-free goods being trafficked in a centuries-old barter trade between East Malaysia and the Philippine island of Mindanao. 'The greed of the pirates...
...insects that invade your home, bed bugs are the worst, because they are hard to control and even harder to prevent," says Richard Pollack, Ph.D., an entomologist at the Harvard School of Public Health. The bugs hide close to their warm-blooded prey in mattresses, box springs, floorboards and clothing. They usually remain out of sight during the day, making them hard to find and difficult to completely eliminate. Even when you're bitten, the anesthetic the bugs inject numb you to the fact that it is happening. The only trace they'll leave-apart from the welts-is blood...
...best alliance in hip hop” have lost their old-school sensibilities even as they gained album sales.The worst part is that Talib’s lyrics are still there, but he refuses to refine his production or songwriting. “Drugs, Basketball, & Rap” falls prey to the same fate as the “message” tracks on “The Beautiful Struggle.” Instead of sensitively presenting the listener with his profound thoughts, he panders to pop convention with trite choruses and aluminum beats.Talib adopts enough contradictory guises on this...
...most importantly, the obliviousness of many members. That’s what makes me cringe—but sadly, not hard enough to make a real social sacrifice.Moral cowardice is an ugly animal, particularly among professedly idealistic 20-year-olds. It lurks in us all, of course, waiting to prey on our often-juvenile vulnerabilities—weaknesses which mar an otherwise healthy sense of right and wrong. As we struggle to sift through innumerable conflicts of conscience, we often resign ourselves to compromise. We do just enough to maintain a façade of standing for something great...