Word: rejections
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...Soros Shares His Wealth As your interview with George Soros showed [March 1], the billionaire philanthropist definitely has his heart and mind in the right place when he pledges to reject President George W. Bush's policies. Given the current political climate, however, Soros could spend his money more effectively by developing a media alternative to extreme right-wing-propaganda outlets?perhaps a public-affairs forum with General Wesley Clark as host. Clark has the experience (in the military, foreign affairs, media, politics), intellect and personality to carry a major opinion show. It would be a match made in heaven...
...things as quickly as possible. Tourists are annoyed by discomfort and terrified by uncertainty. They carry Let’s Go guidebooks. A real traveler doesn’t use airplanes, and if he does, he damn well doesn’t buy a return ticket. Even if we reject out of hand the clichés that tell us, “Life’s a journey, not a destination,” doesn’t it still make sense that travel, of all things, should be about the journey...
...initiative has instantly garnered the “imperialist” label. Egypt’s President Mubarak immediately condemned the American plan, declaring “All peoples by their nature reject whoever tries to impose ideas on them.” One Al-Hayat writer put it even more bluntly, denouncing “the imperial tendency” of “spreading democracy in the Middle East as a way to take over the region.” Nor has the backlash been limited to the Arab world. Our European allies—shockingly?...
...council as a whole approve the resolution, it would then go to a referendum before being sent on to the Committee on College Life, a student-Faculty committee that also includes top College administrators. Finally, the Faculty Council and then the Faculty as a whole must approve or reject the change...
...fact, I can’t imagine how we would reasonably spend so much money. I expect that students will soundly reject the proposed increase, because they will recognize what it is—a huge and unnecessary tax hike...