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...term, in good health." In a devoutly Catholic country, the twins align their policies with those of the Catholic Church, opposing gay marriage and abortion, and promoting family values. But the centerpiece of the PIS program over the past two years has been a campaign to root out the vestiges of communist officialdom, notably from Poland's military intelligence and foreign service; Jaroslaw says he needs four more years to root out the uklad. Pawel Zalewski, a senior PIS official, likens the effort to the French purge of Nazi collaborators after liberation in 1944. "It's a question of security...
...cast of “Bent” do a marvelous job of creating realistic and believable characters; for instance, it is impossible not to root for Schmidt’s dorky but endearing Rudy. The intensity and range of emotions the actors convey makes the show almost as tiring to watch as it must be to perform...
Then again, our military hasn't been persuasive on that point, either. And that's areminder that the new debate over war profiteering and Blackwater is just a side battle in the war over the war. Privatization isn't the root problem. The root problem is that everyone we send to Iraq--soldier, dignitary, hired...
...senior officials based in Beijing, Hu's path took him through some of China's poorest regions. During spells in the western provinces of Guizhou and Gansu and later in Tibet, Hu is said to have displayed a concern for the less privileged that, analysts believe, lies at the root of his policies. He has made it clear he seeks to rein in the to-get-rich-is-glorious mentality that has gripped the nation since Deng Xiaoping launched China's economic reforms in the 1980s--and that is now blamed for a brand of unfettered capitalism that has spawned...
...games and lost 120 that year. I was in heaven, a near normal person again; I could root for the home team while celebrating their canine incompetence. And this experience forged a generation of Mets fans: we were simply happy to be there, aesthetically tuned to each new depredation, grateful for the occasional win. And totally shocked when, somehow, the Metsies suddenly got good and won the World Series in 1969. There was another flash in the 1980s, though the 1986 World Series victory seemed more attributable to the rapacious karma of the vanquished Red Sox. Several hopeful seasons followed...