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...gathered the core players of this team to start training for Beijing. They didn't need LeBronic hubris to help them. After they beat the world's top international teams by an average of 27.9 points per game in these Olympics, the U.S. probably would have won the gold regardless. But the promise still had an impact...
...someone else facing allegations of corruption and drug-manufacturing and smuggling ... [You mean] my brother [Wali Karzai]. He was accused in 2004, after I refused to allow aerial spraying of poppies [by foreign counternarcotic forces]. My brother can also easily be accused [so as] to put pressure on me. Regardless of that, I took this seriously. I called the Americans, the British and the Europeans, and I repeatedly said, "Anything you have, let me know." And once, twice, three times, four, five, six times - nothing. Allegations have been there, but never have they come to me with proof. Privately they...
Look, I believe people are fundamentally good. But I also believe there's evil in the world. I believe that it is better for us to talk than not talk, and that most human beings are motivated by the same things, their hopes and fears, regardless of race or religion. And if we can get people to recognize themselves in each other, then we're more likely to make good decisions...
...regardless of the appeals of Senator McCain - and his Democratic opponent, Senator Barack Obama - the events of the past week have more likely placed Georgia's NATO membership in the deep freeze for the foreseeable future, even if the Alliance remains rhetorically committed to the idea in principle. If so, Moscow can count what has transpired as a major victory: it has prevented the advance of a rival military alliance into Russia's backyard...
...Olympics," says Ma Ngok, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "Even if they're not nationalist, they won't be inclined to be sympathetic toward Tibetans." Even Chan herself thinks self-determination for Tibetans is a "lost cause," but she intends to soldier on regardless...