Word: progressives
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...Nunn, now 68, left the Senate more than a decade ago and has been largely absent from the Washington scene since. But he returned a couple of weeks ago to brief his former colleagues on the progress the U.S. and Russia have been making on ridding the world of old, obsolete and unneeded nuclear warheads - a project Nunn conceived at the end of the Cold War with Indiana republican Richard Lugar and has in many ways become his life's work. Since then, the Nunn-Lugar program has dismantled and destroyed more nuclear weapons than are in the combined arsenals...
...Still, Nunn's progress report was bleak, and that was only half...
...gave the U.S. and Russia a score of 5 out of 10 on making progress in eliminating nuclear materials. He said that as other nations become nuclear capable, the number drops. Progress on rounding up loose, radiological matter - non-weapons-grade material that is the stuff of dirty bombs - is even worse. He said the score drops to 4 out of 10 when it comes to destroying chemical weapons. (He happily noted that Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus all destroyed their stockpiles...
...treated like the criminals they are. While no one would argue that the lives of the people in Balata are easy, much of the suffering is brought on by their own actions, and Picture Balata distorts the facts through reprehensible propaganda which will never produce peace and progress...
...class because she wanted them to learn versatility in performance. She stresses the importance of flexibly transitioning from one style to another. Watts uses individual attention and creative teaching methods. She knows each of her students by name and often converses with them before or after class about their progress. During the class, Watts has her students briefly watch and critique each other. Kevin Shee ’10, a former competitor in national and international ballet competitions, praises Watts’ teaching style and her dedication to the craft. “All of us respect Heather...