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...biggest criticisms is misguided—that American policies stink to some of our key audiences, and if we are going to reengage in a meaningful way with the world, those policies must change...

Author: By M.C. Andrews | Title: ‘Can You Hear Us Now?’ | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...boost its host-country advantage, Canada has gone so far as to limit competitors' access to facilities like the sliding track and downhill-skiing course in Whistler and the speed-skating oval in Vancouver. That has drawn the ire of foreign athletes, particularly the Americans, who've made a stink about it. "We tried to get into the facility this summer for training, but they were charging an insane amount of money to let us skate there every day," wrote Apolo Ohno, the U.S. short-track speed skater and five-time Olympic medalist, in an e-mail. "Personally, I wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Canada Wants to Kick Olympic Butt | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...different story. Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), which operates Japan's whaling fleet, claims that its vessels had been under "continuous attack" on Wednesday and that earlier in the day, the Ady Gil had fired butyric acid projectiles - more commonly referred to as stink bombs - onto the deck of the Nisshin Maru, another whaling ship in the vicinity. Furthermore, at the time of the collision, the ICR says, the Ady Gil was attempting to entangle the Shonan Maru's rudder with a large rope. The actions, says the ICR, are "nothing but felonious behavior." The Japanese Fishing Agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Whale Wars' Heat Up in Antarctic Waters | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...more than three decades, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has rammed, sabotaged and shot stink bombs at whalers and commercial fishermen. Watson founded Sea Shepherd's forerunner Earth Force Society in 1977, and since then, he and his organization have not shied away from controversy. He has attacked Greenpeace, an organization he also helped found, calling the group "the Avon Ladies of the environmental movement" because of their allegedly wimpy tactics. Over the years, Watson has come under firearms attack four times, according to his website. In a 2008 Whale Wars episode that some critics have said was faked, Watson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Whale Wars' Heat Up in Antarctic Waters | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...that an opinion is indeed deeply held. It may ultimately be that some limited quantity of layoffs is a necessary evil in this economic storm, but at the richest university in the world, the “radical” and irresponsible thing would be to not make a stink about...

Author: By Max J Kornblith | Title: Why I’m Pro-Protest | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

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