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...Klein label Obama a "moderate liberal" with a straight face? The President's newfound willingness to extend an olive branch to Republicans hasn't come about because he's a moderate; it has come about because he's a pragmatist. Obama knows if he hasn't been able to ram his policies through Congress, he sure won't be able to now. Mark S. Dolecki, BAYTOWN, TEXAS...
...thing straight: Europe is a remarkably good place to live. Many of the E.U.'s member states are among the richest in the world. Workers in Europe usually enjoy long vacations, generous maternity leave and comfortable pension schemes. Universal health insurance is seen as part of the basic social contract. Europe is politically stable, the most generous donor of development aid in the world. Sure, taxes can be high, but most Europeans seem happy to pay more to the state in return for a higher - and guaranteed - quality of life. "The E.U. offers an attractive social, economic and political model...
...second straight night, freshman Kyle Casey struggled mightily. After only committing one personal foul in the first half, he picked up four in the final frame, fouling out with 3:37 left to play...
Hill, also competing in the Pool division, beat the Big Red’s Domenick 3-2 to open tournament play, but couldn’t keep up as Harrity took the second round 3-0. Hill moved straight into the consolation quarterfinals after his loss, but fell to Yale’s Hywel Robinson, the tournament’s overall No. 7 seed 3-0, ending his tournament...
Freshman Zeke Scherl, the overall No. 4 seed in the Molloy division, earned a first-round bye and cruised through his first match against George Washington’s Omar Sobhy before succumbing to Oscar Lopez in the round of 16, 3-2. The freshman then moved straight into the consolation quarterfinals, where he beat Rochester’s Matt Domenick 3-2, before falling to Ethan Buchsbaum of Williams in the semifinals...