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...would think a major policy shift was imminent, given the way the White House touted President Bush's Oct. 24 speech on Cuban-American relations. Yet, backed on a State Department stage by the emotional relatives of jailed Cuban dissidents, Bush simply gussied up some of the same old bromides--"The socialist paradise is a tropical gulag"--that have marked U.S.-Cuban relations for decades. Bush reiterated his hard stance against lifting the 45-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, and Fidel Castro was predictable as well, writing beforehand that Bush's speech reflected the U.S.'s desire...
...Florida, and California. All three of these states all have laws against using race as a factor to determine admissions. The study looked at the years since these states ended affirmative action and found that black, Hispanic and white enrollments have declined, while Asian American enrollment has increased . This shift suggests that Asian Americans compete better when affirmative action does not enter into admission decisions...
...which trailed by as many as 27 in the first half, came out a different team in the second. In the first 10 minutes following the break, the Lions slowly chipped away at the Crimson lead. Harvard was uncharacteristically troubled by the Columbia press, and the momentum began to shift the home team’s way. The Crimson gave up 18 second-half points off turnovers. The Lions were also helped in the comeback bid by 21 second-half free throw attempts—16 of which they made. Columbia got to the line only five times...
...needs of today's younger electorate, which demands labor reform and efficient economic policies. As a result, most Italians no longer trust members of the old political guard, whose main interest has been to pass laws to increase their already conspicuous benefits. When elections approach, they try to shift blame for mishandling the political agenda away from themselves, amid endless cases of corruption, immoral behavior and wasting of public resources. Rome, it's time to change. Giulio Cicconi, TERAMO, ITALY
...Miniucchi in Hollywood, she sees them everywhere else.“I think there are people like this all over the place. I think that we are like that ourselves. I think that each one of us has a good side, and an angrier side, and we just shift them around in more or less excessive ways.”Because these are “real” characters, Miniucchi stressed her belief that the audience should relate to their struggles.“The emotional yo-yo that the audience goes through reflects or should reflect the emotional...