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...weeks ago, they didn't even inform France or Germany in advance. The French Foreign Minister, Hubert Védrine, denounced the raid last week as having "no legal basis"-so much for solidarity. European leaders are deeply anxious about Washington's plans to build a limited missile shield, but the Bush Administration has said bluntly that while it's willing to talk over the details, its mind is made up. Disputes are looming about how to rejigger sanctions against Iraq and over which countries should next get into nato. There's a bumper crop of noisy trade issues...
...ever, do these discussions touch on SATs, even for students who turn in 800s. The committee does dwell, however, on other scores, like those on Advanced Placement exams, SAT II's if students submit them and even state tests like New York's Regents Exams. For students who shield their SATs, these secondary scores inevitably take on more weight. The committee, for example, is divided over one straight-A applicant. Then assistant director Debbie McCain Wesley mentions that the student took just two AP courses out of 15 offered by her school - and scored...
...wife and family knew the risks. Dale Jr. knew the risks, risks that basketball, baseball or even football would not tolerate. There is something undeniably noble about this superstar's exit, a racer dying in the thick of the thing he loved. A soldier carried out on his shield at the Daytona...
...does the legal protection derived from so-called individual "freedom of religion" cover these injuries the devout inflict on others - including family members incapable of making informed consent? In all but four states (Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska and North Carolina) parents can use their religious ideology as a shield against prosecution for withholding medical treatment from their children...
...Some of this mourning will turn to scrutiny - and concern that Earnhardt's death will be bad news for the sport. Some will wonder why Earnhardt didn't wear a full helmet with face shield while driving or have a HANS (head and neck support) system in his car like some of his colleagues. And the rule changes instituted for Sunday's race - restrictor plates and aerodynamic changes on cars to slow them down, making passing easier and the race more exciting because of it - will have their day under the hot lights...