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...have been at work. If people question why God allows such geophysical events to occur periodically, they should also question why he allows malaria, malnutrition and waterborne diseases to take millions of lives every year. We should not believe God will intervene in every cataclysmic event. That is tantamount to expecting the total elimination of all natural disasters, all risk, all danger and the instant banishment of poverty and sickness. That will happen in the world to come, but not now. In the meantime, we should mourn the dead, take sympathetic and appropriate action to help the victims and find...
...Those who have implored Barghouti to run want him in the race precisely because they fear Abbas will close down the intifadah and negotiate a peace deal with Israel that they would deem tantamount to a Palestinian surrender in exchange for very little. Many of those urging him to drop out believe splitting the Palestinian national movement now would be a victory for its enemies, and hold that their best hopes lie in backing Abbas at the same time as restraining him by virtue of his dependence on their support...
...current drama program taught by professionals from the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.)—one of the foremost repertory theaters in America—the experiential learning process dominates much of the acting curriculum, making personal interaction and hands-on experience tantamount to success. The downside to this type of class structure is that enrollment caps limit the number of students who can pursue training and the experienced actors teaching are not necessarily scholastically trained. The lack of definite structure leaves many interested in creating a theater degree feeling frantic and uncertain of whether they will be able...
...same rules don’t seem to apply today. A recently leaked report by the International Committee of the Red Cross describing systematic prisoner abuses “tantamount to torture” at the United States’ main prisoner holding facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has shattered the notion, advanced by the Bush Administration, that instances of U.S.-condoned torture are scarce to nonexistent. Instead, the report details the well-entrenched methods interrogators use to extract information from prisoners. Female interrogators bare their breasts and use sexual innuendo to shame their charges. Prisoners are subjected to loud...
...TIME: Some see rewriting the constitution as being tantamount to a declaration OF independence. Chen: I think those who interpret [constitutional reform] that way are making a grave mistake. The Beijing authorities distort our process of democratization into an intention to move toward Taiwan independence. The constitutional-reform project follows the line of our democratic reform. For more than four years, I have wanted to improve and normalize cross-strait relations, and to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait. I am a maker of history. I have two historic missions. First, I want to hand over to the 23 million...