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...largest trading partner, and no stranger to killing unarmed students itself, was quick to shield the junta from a Security Council resolution. While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries expressed “revulsion” in a private meeting with the Burmese foreign minister, the refrain for “constructive engagement” followed soon thereafter. Such engagement, since Burma was admitted into ASEAN a decade ago, has overseen one of the worst cases of starvation and disease outside sub-Saharan Africa...
...Barnhill parked the U-Haul at the tailgate. A DJ began spinning tunes, and the beat pulsed through the morning. Over it floated a languid refrain, “You don’t know me...you don’t know...
...However, Roché says efforts made by authorities to express remorse over the victims of the accident that set off the rioting - and refrain from denying any responsibility of police in their deaths - marks a major difference with 2005. Back then, it was largely the refusal by authorities to even consider that the police had played a role in the deaths of two young residents of Clichy-sous-Bois that whipped their peers into rioting that soon spread across the nation. "It's that attitude that banlieue residents deserve whatever they get that makes so many people angry," notes Cazenave...
...became the first state to relax abortion laws - giving a boost to a conservative political movement that has worked doggedly for decades to overturn Roe v. Wade. Colorado Right to Life spokesman Bob Enyart says, "Embryos are living human beings with eternal souls and spirits. You just have to refrain from killing one to see what a precious child...
It’s that time of year again. Starbucks is overflowing with irritating holiday cheer, the first round of midterms is over, and the refrain “Why didn’t I go to Stanford?” echoes louder in my head with each degree of wind chill. November is a grim month in Cambridge. Luckily, Harvard has developed an annual tradition to lessen my loathing for this frigid climate and the never-ending mountain of work. Yes, The Game will take place this weekend, that one instance where my classmates and I will unite...