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...netic is considered a very small car here.”Following the talk, one audience member, a retired physicist, asked whether car companies should prioritize consumer interests over environmental concerns.“[Why is] driving four people in an eco-conscious station wagon a badge of shame?” he asked. “I drive a four-cylinder car, and the performance isn’t great. But it works for me and it’s adequate for most people.” The audience burst into applause by the end of his question.Cischke agreed...
...from his past. Eventually, he came to believe that the shortest path from marginal Mussolini nostalgic to mainstream political power was unwavering support for the state of Israel. The decisive moment came when Fini traveled to Israel in November 2003, declaring his affection for the Jewish state and his "shame" for Italy's racial laws under fascism. The following year, Silvio Berlusconi made him foreign minister, where the longtime leader of the National Alliance party stood out amongst his European partners for his pro-Israel policy...
...have been thinking about it at the time, but Pope Benedict, in the course of his recent U.S. visit may have dealt a knockout blow to the liberal American Catholicism that has challenged Rome since the early 1960s. He did so by speaking frankly and forcefully of his "deep shame" during his meeting with victims of the Church's sex-abuse scandal. By demonstrating that he "gets" this most visceral of issues, the pontiff may have successfully mollified a good many alienated believers - and in the process, neutralized the last great rallying point for what was once a feisty...
...fact that nine years after his birth with a bladder defect, his family is still struggling to get him what should be a simple and relatively cheap operation. Like many sick Indians, Abhishek is both symptom and cause. His lack of proper treatment is reason enough for national shame but his ill health hurts the country in turn, not only forcing the frail-looking boy to miss school for a week or two every few months while he searches hospital by hospital for some relief, but dragging his uninsured family into debt when they should be benefiting from India...
...quell free speech in the run-up to the Olympics. So if most American athletes are shying away from the issues, it either appears that these institutions are gagging them, or that they're not making at least an attempt to get informed. Either scenario is a shame. Why shouldn't the American team leave the "we're just athletes" excuse at home? Why not embrace the opportunity to show that Team USA offers a little more than just gold medalists...