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...that time, Venezuela was a robust ally of the U.S., but Ch?vez has taken a decidedly (and often stridently) more anti-Washington tack - even diverting some of his exports to China and India to help break his country's dependence on the market to the North. "The traditional lack of control over natural resources like oil" among developing nations like OPEC's, Ram?rez says, "has done profound damage to our economies for too long. We've created a new, more active awareness about our energy sovereignty...
That is the kind of fan dance you would expect from someone who still harbors hope for the job he fell just short of winning six years ago but doesn't want to look hungry for it. Democratic insiders weigh Gore's demurrals against his increasingly robust activism, not only on the environment but also in his full-throated criticism of the Iraq war. His opposition stands in sharp contrast to the support Clinton and many other leading Democratic contenders gave to the invasion of Iraq. And it is far more in tune with the sentiments of the party...
...began with an scene showing the Dreamettes, as they first call themselves, getting a gig as the backup girl group to Early; it's a dy-no-mite turn by Murphy, who used to parody James Brown on Saturday Night Live and does a more mature but still amazingly robust impression. In the second scene, Effie is told she's no longer the group's lead singer; her resentment is momentarily soothed by the others' singing that they're all one "Family." Then Beyoncé gets the star treatment - a photo montage worthy of Audrey Hepburn's in Funny Face...
...only comparatively little problems—computationally intense questions in theoretical physics—but really big ones as well: A non-profit organization called “One Laptop Per Child” started by an MIT professor aims to use today’s technology to distribute robust $100 laptops to the world’s poor as a step towards improved education. If we’re going to make progress on the difficult problems we’re going to face as we leave Harvard, we’re going to do so because the solutions...
...Three years of robust inspection of Iranian nuclear and non-nuclear facilities by the IAEA inspectors led Dr. El-Baradi to conclude and certify that to date there are no indications of any diversion of nuclear material and activities toward making a bomb. At the same time, El-Baradi has pointed out that the IAEA cannot certify that Iran's program is exclusively peaceful. But the fact is that few among many states with a nuclear program have received such a clean bill of health from the IAEA. Such certification by the IAEA does and should take time and effort...