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Pilots flying for airlines in foreign markets say they are treated like upper-level managers, with something they feel they no longer get in the U.S.: respect. China and India are signing up pilots with two-to-five-year contracts and giving them the chance to move around the world without having to start at the bottom and advance--something stifled by the seniority system in the U.S. "It's an amazing opportunity," says Murray...
...think boycotting the opening ceremony, which really gives respect to the Chinese government, is something that should be kept on the table.' NANCY PELOSI, U.S. Speaker of the House, recommending that the U.S. consider not attending the Games' premiere in protest of the Chinese crackdown in Tibet...
...also came to respect the way Catholic leaders in the U.S. went about their business. A current (non-American) CDF official notes that the U.S. church is the only one that keeps a "serious" doctrinal office rather than an unthinking rubber stamp or an old-boys' club; when conflicts arise, its bishops are actually prepared to discuss them. Moreover, says Levada, "he seems to recognize that we're plain speakers. We don't hide behind words...
...trapped in between the world of reality and the world of virtual reality. It’s also negotiating disability and non-disability. And the piece itself is dealing in theater and cinema.”“It’s incredibly original and adventurous in every respect,” Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) professor Alfred Guzetti, Miller’s thesis advisor, says. “It’s trying out so many things at the same time—the actors, the development of the script with the actors, the improvisations that went...
...Games. When Beijing won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the decision was certainly controversial, but many hoped that the pressure of international scrutiny would spur reform within the totalitarian nation. Yet even as China has constructed arenas, stadiums, and playing fields, positive steps towards a heightened respect for human rights have yet to materialize. In addition to English lessons and etiquette campaigns (don’t spit, don’t slurp, line up politely), Chinese officials have also razed neighborhoods and evicted citizens, arrested foreign reporters, tightened control in Tibet, and increased military cooperation with Sudan...