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...walking testament to unearned privilege” notorious for his public speaking foibles when not half a century ago John F. Kennedy inspired the public by quoting Goethe and Aristotle.These arguments have the potential to ring true among an American readership weary of the pop cultural status quo, but Jacoby jeopardizes her message by shrouding it in tiresome, digressive analysis that often comes off as pedantic, or, worse, irrelevant. Seemingly eager to show she did her homework, much of the book is occupied by painful, analytic esoterica that sacrifices the reader’s interest for mere chronological adherence. While...
HUPD officers are designated with a “special” status, although they have many of the same rights as public policemen, including the right to carry firearms, to make arrests, and to issue warrants...
...Could this buzz attack of bad news send Sarkozy scrambling, as Chirac often did, for the safe bunker of the status quo? Not unless he gets spooked into making a serious strategic mistake. Because despite souring public opinion and the risk of gains for the left at the polls, one thing hasn't changed since Sarkozy's convincing election victory only nine months ago: the wide consensus among voters that France needs the root-and-branch reform Sarkozy was elected to enact. Candidate Sarkozy promised harder work, more pay, fewer civil servants and a pared-down welfare state. He said...
...come by their craft? What qualities and capacities do they possess? Can these abilities be measured? Can they be taught? Perhaps above all: How should excellent teaching be rewarded so that the best teachers-the most competent, caring and compelling-remain in a profession known for low pay, low status and soul-crushing bureaucracy...
Indeed, such was Mughniyah's mythical status that sometimes it was not always certain if he really existed at all. "I sometimes would ask myself if Mughniyah was a real person or a figment of imagination," said Magnus Ranstorp, a Hizballah specialist at the Swedish National Defense College in Stockholm who has traced Mughniyah's activities for years. "But the intelligence agencies I was in contact with were under no illusions. He was the real deal...