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Nevertheless, Obama stopped short of a full apology, saying that "I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling professor Gates out of his home and to the station. I also continue to believe, based on what I heard, that professor Gates probably overreacted as well...
...concerned that all the facts should be properly represented in a balanced way," AMC said. The company statement went on to say, "We are concerned that Global Witness' approach will lead to a de facto ban on the trade which we do not believe is in either the short term or the long term interests of the Congo either economically, politically or socially...
...secularism in Spain, providing vaguely bigoted information to the Mezquita’s visitors is an inappropriate way to make such a stand. The Mezquita is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its stewards would do well to acknowledge and celebrate all aspects of that heritage. Anything short of that does a terrible disservice to this outstanding example of cultural fusion...
...renewed shakedown has led many Iranians to be subversive in more discreet ways. Instead of joining street protests, they try to short the electrical grids by turning on all household appliances en masse; they boycott products advertised on state TV; and they increasingly turn to Twitter, blogs, Facebook, e-mail-distribution lists and underground newspapers to bring attention to the regime's brutal tactics. (Read "Which State Security Branch Rules Tehran's Streets...
...often cites as a model of what an efficient, high-quality health-care system would look like. While the bills that are on the table do a good job of expanding medical coverage to the 47 million or so Americans who now lack it, outside experts say, they fall short of meeting Obama's other main goal, which is to transform the health system in ways that bring its runaway costs under control...