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...Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier to make a long-planned port visit to Hong Kong for the American Thanksgiving holiday. The abrupt decision produced plenty of heart-wrenching news photos of tearful U.S. Navy family members who had flown into Hong Kong to meet their loved ones. Apparently in reaction to the negative coverage, the Foreign Ministry then announced it had changed its mind for "humanitarian reasons" and would allow the carrier to visit after all, though by this time the ship was already well on its way to its home base in Japan. Similar confusion seemed to be in evidence...
While this is certainly a sad story, hopefully never to be repeated, the town’s new law, passed unanimously by the Board of Aldermen, is the wrong reaction. The law provides for a $500 fine and 90 days in jail for individuals who engage in “Internet harassment...
...institute had discussed its reaction to the discoveries with some donors, telling them that it was too early to commit to one method, Reeve said. HSCI allocates nearly equal funding to embryonic stem cell and direct reprogramming methods, he added...
...work is her documentation of the continuity of terrorism.Despite the breadth of terrorist groups that Richardson examines, she is able to isolate terrorism as the preferred means for weak sub-state groups to challenge powerful geopolitical entities. Richardson argues that terrorists strive for revenge, renown, and reaction. Terrorists have long been unable to inflict large numbers of casualties, instead exacting their revenge by causing panic and fear. The most popular and effective terrorist technique is the suicide attack, which depends on the support of the community. Richardson demonstrates that by cutting off this community support, terrorist groups would lose their...
...when a Boy Scout troop placed donation boxes meant for that cause in 33 polling stations in Cambridge on Election Day, a Cambridge election official ordered the boxes to be removed. The problem? They were interpreted to violate rules against having political messages in a polling place. The reaction has been vociferous. Fox News branded Cambridge’s decision as “unpatriotic” and “anti-American.” The decision, however, was made to protect the integrity of the election, and it was the right one. The problem with the boxes...