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...Taiwan, the promise of America military support remains the best defense against a Chinese strike. But that deterrent is useless if the island can't hold out on its own until U.S. forces arrive. As the P.L.A. expands, the pressure on Taiwan to maintain the balance of power increases. Some analysts argue that the island hasn't kept pace. Taiwan's military budget has fallen as a percentage of its GDP, and its armed forces have been slow to enact needed institutional reforms, according to U.S. strategic experts. A multibillion-dollar arms purchase from the U.S., pushed by President Chen...
...umpire was pinching the strike zone pretty good,” Salsgiver said, “and Frank had to make an adjustment. He was hitting his spots, mixing his pitches...
...Benito Mussolini and her tiny right-wing Social Alternative party are among the main attractions. Mussolini, whose party polled just over 1% in last year's European elections, trashes the euro and wants to bring back her grandfather's outlawed stiff-armed salute. Last week, she was on hunger strike in a rickety white trailer in a central Rome parking lot to protest her exclusion from next month's regional elections for allegedly submitting fraudulent ballot signatures. She claims she's being singled out in a system where signatures are rarely all authentic. "We are fighting against the power...
...labyrinths, monsters and gold, run as a business to attract adventurers seeking their fortune and fame. Among its many parodies, "Dungeon" manages to satirize modern office life in its portrayal of the Dungeon Keeper as a harried CEO, forever dealing with management issues (as when the monsters go on strike) and the very hostile takeover attempts by parties interested in his for-profit castle...
After five millennia of persecution, Auslander seems ready to strike back...