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...Moreover, supporting Israel is not just a Republican value. As the sole democracy in the Middle East—and also the only country in the region to protect gay rights and equality for women—Israel shares much in common with the Democratic platform. Furthermore, Obama’s unwavering support for Israel may convince those left of center who have their doubts to reconsider their points of view...
...star players was not unilaterally defined by ability, but also, by the surrounding team. Star players were defined as players with exceptional ability. A similar result was seen in the business sector: the results suggested that the performance of star investment bankers and managers is not the sole result of individual ability. In the NFL, a large performance gap was found between individual players, like punters, and team-dependent athletes, like receivers. “Some types of jobs are distinctively more portable than others,” Abraham said. Punters, like retail brokers, work independently and are less influenced...
...their island was the current that carries homemade rafts to Florida. That all changed a few years ago when geologists estimated that between 5 billion bbl. and 10 billion bbl. of oil lie beneath the waters off Cuba's northwest coast. Suddenly it seemed as though the hemisphere's sole communist nation might finally end its desperate dependence on oil-rich allies like the former Soviet Union and Venezuela - and perhaps even escape its impoverished economic time warp altogether...
...Board has operated under rules and restrictions that are fundamentally unfair to students. When students are called before the Ad Board, the deck is clearly stacked against them. Students are not allowed to hear the testimony against them and cannot submit evidence on their own behalf. Their sole representatives are resident deans, who are plagued by severe conflicts of interest, as deans are often asked to function as both advocate and prosecutor in disciplinary inquiries. Students have no alternative choice of representation, as they are prohibited from hiring an attorney for an Ad Board hearing. It is already difficult enough...
...Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, however, is fighting in Arizona in an attempt to protect gay marriage's sole Election Day success story. They've been involved in California too, though Wilfore says things there could go either way, in part because it's unclear what impact Senator Barack Obama's popularity in the state will have on the gay-marriage vote. Blacks and Hispanics, she says, are likely to vote with conservatives on gay marriage, but young people of all backgrounds tend to vote the other way. Which group will prove dominant is anyone's guess, she says...