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...Six of New Zealand's eight political parties support the deal, but polls show that fewer than half of voters do. Critics fear a flood of cheap goods and farm produce, and point to China's poor record on the environment and human rights. United Future party leader Peter Dunne is boycotting the Beijing signing ceremony in protest at China's crackdown in Tibet, but says abandoning the pact would be "a classic case of cutting off your nose to spite your face...
...Have you considered taking a role in an American TV show? -D. Pitts, East Windsor, N.J.The terrible thing about network TV is that if you're successful, you're not doing anything else for six years. And although success is wonderful, I don't want that kind of success. You know, variety is the spice of my life. I have to keep changing everything. And I wouldn't enjoy being a TV personality...
...territory through intimidation and extortion. The payoff has been great: it has grown into a world leader in cocaine trafficking, with an estimated $47 billion in annual revenue. But the toll has been heavy. The "Massacre of Ferragosto" - the gangland killing last Aug. 15 in Duisburg, Germany, of six young men from in and around San Luca - was the first major 'Ndrangheta killing to occur on foreign soil. Violent death is more common in Calabria, where three people were killed in a five-day period in late March near the town of Crotone...
...that closed for the Muslim women?” “Yes,” I told them, “—and it’s really a non-issue.” They were shocked—after all, they had read about the six-hour-a-week closure of the Quad Recreational Athletics Center (QRAC) in The New York Times and The Washington Post, two arbiters of the important and newsworthy. “Doesn’t that mean this is an important issue for students?” they asked...
...With Kuld serving, Harvard went on a five-point run early in the second game, putting the Crimson ahead, 6-1. Harvard only increased the scoring gap throughout the stanza. After a kill by junior captain Brady Weissbourd bumped the Crimson lead to 22-17, Harvard went on a six-point run with Weissbourd serving. The Crimson left New Haven trailing by a match-high 12 points at the end of the frame, 30-18. In game three, Harvard took an early lead, but the Chargers kept on the Crimson’s heels throughout the stanza. New Haven went...