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...self-identification is often misleading; do kids really know what it means to be liberal? The GSS data are instructive here: Kanazawa found that more-intelligent GSS respondents (as measured by a quick but highly reliable synonym test) were less likely to agree that the government has a responsibility to reduce income and wealth differences. In other words, intelligent people might like to portray themselves as liberal. But in the end, they know that it's good to be the king...
...Tiger’s return from scandal. Founded in 2006, the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective is a student-run organization with the goal of researching sports strategy and management. “The only difference, I’d say, between us and the average fan is that we test our ideas after we talk about them,” explained co-president David M. Roher...
...session drew to a close. "And if we can't, then I think we've got to go ahead and make some decisions, and then that's what elections are for. We have honest disagreements about - about the vision for the country, and we'll go ahead and test those out over the next several months till November." It's a big and risky bet, and the Democrats are going...
That sense of restraint is at the heart of Obama's "AfPak" strategy, which requires McChrystal's troops to help Afghans build and take increasing responsibility for their country, rather than depending solely on Western forces to thump the Taliban. Marjah is the first real test of that plan, and the Administration is determined to keep everyone's expectations to the bare minimum. That is wise, as much could still go wrong. The Taliban could return to areas from which it has been ousted; the Afghan army could turn out to be too slim a reed on which to hang...
...arrests are being seen as a critical test of how far the government can go in reining in the military's power - a goal of Erdogan's party for years. After it came into power, for instance, the party started using European Union-inspired reforms to pave the way for civilian courts to try military staff. The government has also backed a two-year court investigation into allegations that a bizarre alliance of military men, mafia bosses and secularists sought to create social upheaval by plotting to plant bombs and stage assassinations - all as a pretext for military intervention. Monday...