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...France, there is an assumption that immigrants should retain their previous cultures and not become part of an integrated French culture,” he said. “In the United States, immigrants are fundamentally and consciously turned into Americans as part of the citizenship process...
Donato looks to retain last season’s up-tempo offense, and four of the last year’s top goal scorers—Ryan Maki, Jon Pelle, Charlie Johnson, and Kevin Du—return to an offense that was second in scoring in the ECAC last year...
...Nevertheless, The Mountain Goats remain The Mountain Goats. Darnielle’s lyrics retain their intellectual density and associative clarity. Moving into more “sincere” subject matter, he reserves a license to artifice by entering an “insincere” medium; hence the overproduced sound and elaborate instrumentation...
...Despite the warm photogenic hugs between mandataries, there are still many underlying qualms regarding the possibility of Turkey becoming a full member, or even a privileged partner, of the EU. Political forces in Europe want Turkey to conform to their Western model, but the Turkish people continue to retain a strong attachment to their cultural identity. The resulting tension has illuminated an unfortunate reality: the time is not yet ripe for Turkey to join the EU.The majority of citizens across Europe remain uncomfortable with the prospect of Turkey’s entrance into the EU. Officially, both France and Germany...
...Much of the anti-Miers vitriol swirling around her nomination was spawned from a conservative fear that her views on critical social issues, such as abortion, were unclear. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., for one, refused to endorse her out of a fear that she would fail to retain a strictly conservative judicial philosophy. Miers’ unclear judicial philosophy is a product of her lack of judicial experience. If Miers had previously served in a lower court, then she would have, no doubt, written up opinions outlining her beliefs on a number of constitutional issues. In killing her nomination...