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...border with Bangladesh is the only solution to prevent migrants and terrorists from Bangladesh infiltrating India [Feb. 16]. I can understand that there may be economic disparities and security threats. However, before enclosing Bangladesh with a fence, India's government should place the top priority on helping its neighbor stand on its own feet by boosting Dhaka's economy and shining the way for its poorer, smaller neighbor. After all, India is one of the new superpowers of Asia. It should start acting the part. Tadashi Kawabe, Fukuoka, Japan...
...back,” sophomore defender Sam McMahon said. “At one point in the second half, a [Quinnipiac] player checked the ball away from [Halpern] and then she hunted her down, got the ball back, and turned around to score. That really made a stand in the game.”Despite the Crimson’s strength at the start of the match, the Bobcats were able to put in two more goals before the end of the half. Both Quinnipiac goals were scored off free position shots in the final ten minutes of the half...
...offstage when clearing set pieces from a restaurant scene. Particularly affecting is the tap ballet routine during the play-within-a-play performance of the song “42nd Street” by Krull. Krull exemplifies the triple threat this show demands. Her character Peggy needs to naturally stand out in a line of chorines, “specks of dust on the stage” according to Marsh, and Krull does. Her performance as Peggy is never too naïve or calculating; she strikes just the right chord of vulnerability and wide-eyed excitement. As Roach sings...
...more than three decades Detroit's Big Three and their allies have successfully blocked or limited changes to the nation's fuel-economy rules. However, with General Motors and Chrysler LLC facing bankruptcy, the carmakers are making what could be one last stand, and this one they may well lose...
...concerned, they talk about 'How do we change what is going on here? How do we get rid of corruption?'" says Abbas. "And if in some sense you find that jihad can help you in those aims, then why not?" It's a convolution of the adolescent craving to stand out. And Pakistani society, steeped in nihilistic passions fostered by the state sponsorship of jihad, condones...