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Meanwhile, things have gone from bad to worse. Allstate has now tried a similar tactic on a group of 650 life insurance agents, 80 percent of whom are over the age of 40, and the company has counter-sued some of its protesting employees for fraud. (Daly also refused to comment on “pending litigation...
...energy to public service. Channelling that drive into political activism will produce top-down change by electing candidates dedicated to youth concerns: the environment, clean elections, the future of social welfare programs. Combining community volunteerism with political engagement will solve both local and national problems more effectively than either tactic could alone. Economic dynamism and vigorous community service distinguish the Millennial generation. Apathy is not a Millennial characteristic. Instead of lamenting the selfishness and cynicism of young people, politicians and pundits must entice them into political service by demonstrating the power of laws to effect social change. Corporate advertisers target...
...India's hands. Borrowing a page from the cia's proxy war against the Soviets, which used the mujahedin in Afghanistan, the ISI in 1989 began encouraging Islamic-militant outfits inside Pakistan to cross over the mountains and snipe at Indian troops in Kashmir. As a guerrilla tactic, it was brilliant. On any given day, more than 300,000 Indian troops are busy chasing 2,000 Kashmiri and Pakistani militants up and down the Himalayas...
...their message that the elected government had succeeded only in lining its own pockets since the end of absolute monarchy in 1990 resonated in the Himalayan hills. But lately, the "people's rebels" have embarked on an altogether bloodier course, inspired?according to a former rebel commander?by the tactics of Cambodia's Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. In November, the Maoists broke off three months of peace talks with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba by launching 48 simultaneous attacks on army, police and government installations across the kingdom. This kicked off a whirlwind of atrocities that has cost...
...filing of this motion is a usual defense attorney tactic any time there is a confession made,” Catalano said. “We are confident that the evidence will speak for itself opposed to the defense attorney’s tactic...