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...course, still-undefeated Chris Pizzotti is the Crimson’s actual quarterback. However, with a little luck, we could have watched Appalachian State’s Armanti Edwards marshal Harvard’s offense. The Heisman dark horse was recruited by Harvard, but he ultimately decided to spurn the Crimson for the chance to play on a slightly larger stage as a Mountaineer...
...leading to outright disloyalty. That's why conservative talk radio and Fox News went berserk a couple of years back when some immigrant activists paraded through America's cities waving Mexican flags. It confirmed their deepest fear: that if you let people retain their native tongue and let them spurn American culture for the culture of their native land, they will remain politically loyal to their native land as well...
Both members of the gay community and Republicans—many of whom cannot comprehend how a member of their group could possibly belong to the other—often spurn people like Aguero. “When some people find out I’m gay and conservative,” Aguero says, “they act like I’m a mutant or something...
...bishops. The issue of female ordination, he declared, was an official nonissue. Not only could women not become priests, but there was to be "no more discussion" of the topic. Many laypeople were appalled that in the throes of a priest shortage, the Pope could so conclusively spurn so many willing to help. The Vatican claimed the decision was infallible--an apparent extension of that status beyond its historical boundaries that startled even some of the Pontiff's ardent supporters. That stern patriarch was the Pope, just as much as the genial pilgrim on the plane...
...country ruled by aging Marxist revolutionaries, and where promised economic and political reforms have been painfully slow in coming, that could be a big if. International donors often complain of wasted aid and corruption. Foreign investors continue to spurn Laos in favor of countries with better track records of transparency and accountability. (It was only five years ago that Laos, under pressure from the International Monetary Fund, agreed to publish its budget.) Huge trade and budget deficits are masked by a steady stream of foreign aid that, even donors admit, has had little impact on those who need it most...