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...role in starting the war makes America somewhat responsible for the large-scale displacement, but even if we don’t accept the blame and ensure the resettlement of all Iraqis, it seems morally obvious that we should look out for those employed by the U.S. government. Iraqis working for the U.S. face increased risk of attack according to Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. ambassador in Baghdad. He warned of the dangers Iraqi staff face, and of the likelihood that they would be forced to flee the country. His warnings echo truth, as nine Iraqis have died working...
...such old-school "anti-imperialist" posturing appears somewhat anachronistic, if not hypocritical, when an economically resurgent China - no longer the Maoist backwater once so admired by India's Communist vanguard - looms large to the north, while some of the Indian leftists, like the Communist government in West Bengal, advocate trade-friendly reforms and the creation of special economic zones...
...goal of a season-ending championship remains the same.“We’ve met with both coaches a couple of times,” co-captain Amanda Kolb says. “[Stevens] is in favor of sticking with Tucker’s plans. They have somewhat different styles, but they’re going to stick with the overreaching goals.”Tucker’s Radcliffe crew career began long before her coaching days. Tucker rowed all four years as an undergraduate, racing in the heavyweight varsity eight in the last three...
...speech itself, it was polite, if unpolished. The purpose was to fault the lack of student input in administrative decisions, which he associated with citizenship, as in: “This denial of citizenship must end now!” (Polite, somewhat confused, applause.) From “one president to another,” Ryan A. Petersen ’08 continued, possibly without irony, “change does not come easily to these hallowed grounds...
...ordinary step was that, after several weeks of speculation, he named some new members and a new chairman to oversee the Defense Policy Board, a somewhat obscure Pentagon panel that nonetheless wields considerable influence on military matters...