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...beyond U.S. borders recognizes the transparent absurdity of this redneck posturing. At least half of all Americans undoubtedly cringe at the loss of respect and dignity the U.S. suffers on the global stage because of the embarrassingly blind arrogance of its political right. At home Moore may be a thorn in Bush's side, but around the world the filmmaker's brand of honesty redeems American credibility. Jim Martens Vernon, Canada In Defense of the Fence Your World Watch item "against the Wall" [July 19] reported that the International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled that Israel's West...
...been a frequent thorn in George W. Bush's side, and was wooed by Democrat John Kerry as a potential running mate. Now John McCain will get prime exposure at the Republican Convention, and some G.O.P. strategists even wish for the impossible: dumping Dick Cheney as Bush's Veep in favor of McCain. TIME's Douglas Waller talked with the maverick most wanted...
...Navy—a thorn in the Crimson’s side throughout the year—defeated Harvard’s first varsity by 11.26 seconds, less than two months after scraping out a 1.1-second win in the team’s dual and a 2.27-second victory at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) Sprints...
Ilana J. Sichel ’05 is a thorn in the side of the establishment. The literature concentrator affiliated with the Dudley Co-op is co-chair of the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS). She has actively rallied for an array of causes, from the pro-choice to the anti-snow-penis variety. Sichel is now taking on a perhaps more formidable opponent...
...view. But within a year--long before other, younger South African leaders--he understood that AIDS was an enormous tragedy for his country and his continent, and he saw it as another moral challenge in a life of facing up to them. After he stepped down, he became a thorn in the side of his chosen successor and his beloved African National Congress on the issue of its less than progressive AIDS policy. That's moral leadership. --By RICHARD STENGEL, president, National Constitution Center