Word: spites
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...spite of all the efforts by Western governments and Western news media to keep Pakistan from being branded "terror center" of the world, the facts just keep saying otherwise. It is understandable that the U.S. would want Pakistan to deal with the monster it has created. But sooner or later, Western governments will have to get involved in that nation's internal affairs. Only direct intervention by the West is going to eradicate the threat coming out of Pakistan. SURESH SHETH Houston...
...fully accomplished his program, outlined in the wake of the Beslan tragedy: he has a rubber-stamp Parliament. He has intimidated the mass media. He has firmly taken over Russia's main riches of oil and gas. He subdued the regions and enlarged the powers of the FSB. In spite of that, reports of terror bombings and shootings have grown into a routine daily occurrence...
...spite of the seeming Democratic edge, the poll suggests a shift in perceptions about which party can better tackle the terrorist threat - 41% of Americans say they feel the Republicans would do a better job of handling that, while 33% feel the Democrats could do better. That's a reversal from five months ago, when 44% picked the Democratic Party and 33% chose...
...with the Halls Creek Hawks. "Football keeps small communities going." The Hawks play in a bush league of seven, with three teams from Kununurra and one each from Wyndham, Timber Creek (N.T.) and Warmun. In these parts, says Derby-born Greatorex, indigenous players are athletic and naturally skilful. In spite of the warm temperatures, the local game is fast-paced. "Footy here lacks the physical barrage you see in the central and southern parts of the State...
Castro: It went wrong by not liquidating capitalism earlier. I believe that capitalism, in spite of its great successes, is a catastrophe for the world. No matter how many cars, no matter how much good living you have, there are billions of people living in poverty who have no cars, no comfort, no public health, no education. The atmosphere is already poisoned. The waters are poisoned. The forests are being subjected to acid rain. The weather is getting warmer. We have suffered from that ourselves. Capitalism developed the forces of production; it developed technology. But at the same time...