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...Filipinos have ever seen. The proliferation of foreign fast-food chains in the U.S. is just another aspect of globalization, so don't flatter yourself. Jollibee's decor and mascot you so maligned do not cater to the smiling American. I daresay they are a tribute to the humorous spirit and lightheartedness of the Filipino people, who in the face of adversity, calamity and discrimination are still known worldwide to be one of the friendliest and most resilient people on earth. We are known as "Asia's sunniest" not just because of our weather but also because of the warmth...
...emigration wave you reported is not worse in France than in most other countries. Of course, there are problems - I myself am an expatriate - but the article's generalizations and overall spirit were biased. You had better investigate the extreme-right speeches of the conservatives' idol, Nicolas Sarkozy, instead of presenting him as a center-right guy. He is France's main problem. There are many French like me who will never go back if he is elected President. Romain Koszul, Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS...
...divide is deeper and more troubling. Back in January, the newly elected Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), when unveiling a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming—named in the spirit of bipartisanship, no doubt—gave it this benediction: “The science of global warming and its impact is overwhelming and unequivocal.” But then last Wednesday at the committee’s inaugural meeting, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the ranking Republican, countered: “One area where there is no scientific consensus…is the effects...
According to Dana A. Stern ’09, President of Harvard Students for Israel, Congressman Frank is the embodiment of the spirit of partnership between her group and the Harvard College Democrats...
...Roberts Jr. ’76 and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the first time the Supreme Court has supported a ban of any abortion method or barred a specific medical procedure. Despite being couched in the language of decisions past, the ruling in fact ignores the spirit of decades of precedent in order to set its own, dangerous, one. From here, there can be no question of the court’s intended direction, succinctly, albeit chillingly, put by the author of the majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy: “The act expresses respect...