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Race apart, some of Hanson's ideas are in line with the views of many immigrants, even those from Asia. Everywhere, the self-reliant shopkeeper and independent professional class distrusts both big government and big business. They resent high taxes to support what they see as youths enjoying beach life on the dole, assorted liberal and minority causes or foreign governments that expect aid and then criticize Australia. Hanson remains on the fringe of Australian politics, but some of the grievances she feeds on cannot be ignored...
...Motivé-e-s' mobilization has produced results in 10 other French cities-including Rennes, Strasbourg and Bordeaux-where citizens' groups inspired by Motivé-e-s are forming alternatives to traditional politics. Toulouse is the underdogs' biggest opportunity to make a splash. Some Toulousians resent outgoing Mayor Dominique Baudis' decision to "parachute" a high-profile outsider-former Culture Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy-as his chosen successor. Though the conservative list currently leads in opinion polls, some locals anticipate a link-up between the traditional leftist parties and Motivé-e-s allowing the new movement to participate...
...Shantideva wrote: "Should others talk badly of or even destroy holy images, reliquaries and the sacred Dharma, it is improper for me to resent it, for the Buddhas can never be injured...
...many students will feel towards the phenomenon when it comes time for interviews and applications, grade inflation serves to counteract the capricious and arbitrary nature of some of our larger classes here Harvard. As the staff editorials on this page in the past week have made abundantly clear, students resent the Core program. This resentment is not based on the desire to reduce our graduation requirements, but rather on a dissatisfaction with Core classes' large lecture format. The great advantage of replacing the Core program with a distribution requirement is that the latter would allow students to take smaller...
BUSH: I don't resent the Vice President's attempts. I did win the count and recount, in certain counties four times. There are rules and laws for a reason. But I harbor no bitterness...