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...limits on Russian influence were made clear in July 2000 when Kim Jong-il pulled a fast one on Russia's then-rookie President Vladimir Putin. Back then, Kim told Putin - who visited Pyongyang en route to his debut G8 summit in Okinawa - that North Korea would scrap its missile programs if other countries agreed to blast its satellites into orbit for the purposes of "peaceful space exploration." Putin tried to play Kim's statement as a trump card in his case against Washington's plans to develop a national missile defense system. But, the following month, the North Korean...
...same week that Iran hosted a conference of Holocaust-deniers and its President, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, warned that Israel will wind up like the Soviet Union in the scrap heap of history, a European Union Court ruled that a fiercely dedicated armed group that opposes his regime had been unfairly placed on the E.U.'s official list of terrorist organizations. The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) is also on the U.S. State Department list of terrorist organizations, although much to Tehran's chagrin, the U.S. did not hand over the group's fighters when it took control of their main base...
...other categories can easily accommodate descriptive issues concerning the social, political and personal roles that religion has played,” Simmons wrote.Only one speaker at the meeting, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, lamented the requirement’s demise. He said that the decision to scrap the “Reason and Faith” requirement was caused by “fears—of Jesuits under beds and priests in every corner—on the part of our learned and articulate colleagues in the room.” “I hope...
...said that the decision to scrap the requirement was caused by “fears of Jesuits under beds and priests in every corner on the part of our learned and articulate colleagues in the room...
...during the lunch hours to stop, for example, by the Barker Center Café instead of skipping their (already paid for) meal in the dining hall or paying twice for their food. In addition, the plan would lessen the burden on over-crowded dining halls, potentially allowing Houses to scrap their inter-house restrictions. Students who now flock to Adams House to grab a quick meal between classes might chose, instead, to simply eat a salad in Barker Center. And the flexible meal plan could even reduce food waste by requiring students to indicate how many meals they plan...