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...dilemma confronting opponents of Austria's far right is that the parties appear to thrive in opposition. The last time that the Freedom Party was included in a governing coalition, its support crumbled. Over the past two years in pure opposition, by contrast, they have ridden from success to success. Strache has said he would like to be Chancellor some day. Unless Austria's mainstream parties can find a way to share power and work together in a more effective and responsive way, he may eventually get his wish...
Seniors beginning their job searches amid doom-ridden news of bank failures and Wall Street woes found a broader palette of jobs on display at the Office of Career Services’s Career Forum on Friday, an event that saw 1,500 students brave the pouring rain to meet with upwards of 140 employers. The participation of 38 consulting firms and 37 finance companies represented a strong presence at the event, though notably absent were major banks including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, which have attended the career fair in the past. OCS’s interim director, Robin...
EDDIE VEDDER writes song for Chicago Cubs, bringing trademark angst to angst-ridden team...
...between groups are quite damaging. Racial rumors that lead to dehumanizing of other groups of people fall into this category ("group X eats humans" or "has cheated the majority"). Rumors that foster distrust between groups also belong here. More spectacular are the many rumors that spark riots in conflict-ridden situations: a civil-rights era government commission found that more than 65% of riots were set off by rumors...
Whatever the military challenges, the U.S. Administration has continued its quiet cultivation of Kayani, who has acted more aggressively against insurgents in recent months, with full-scale aerial assaults. On Aug. 6 he launched a massive operation in Bajaur tribal agency, an insurgent-ridden area along the border. But the exercise was a lesson in being careful what you wish for. Pakistan's army was built to fight a conventional war with India and is ill equipped to handle violence at home. Three weeks of air strikes forced more than 260,000 residents to flee the region; many ended...