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...Bush was intent on uncompromising unilateralism. To call him a “dove in hawk’s clothing” is a puerile epithet whose sloppiness would make even the most avid of Bush’s spin-doctors cringe. Bush went to the U.N. as a token gesture to garner political points by convincing the naive that he was intent on multilateralism. It was a ploy made all the more transparent by Bush’s obstinacy to granting even trifling concessions over inspection timing and oil-rights as well as his vocal disregard for the inspectors?...
...they have seven friends. It should be easy to identify friends we want to live with. But our utopia-seeking, social-climbing search for the perfect blocking group leads us to overlook friendship in favor of cultivating useful connections. Negotiating one’s way into blocking with the token first-year celebrities justifies any amount of back-stabbing and cheap flattery. After all, FM says that blocking is “a time of dastardly intrigue, two-faced treachery and endless manipulation...
...solid in there, but by the same token no one in front of her was either,” Stone said. “You can’t blame this game on one person. If you do, it’s a cop out in my opinion. She knows she can play better, as do all those kids in front...
...Gokhfeld ’04. The two are Lowell affiliates but Gokhfeld is adamant that their room is “a lot nicer than anything you can get in Lowell.” The full-wood paneling in the main room of the suite, the sconces and the token fireplace help to give the room an old-Harvard feel. But Simuni is proudest of his “secret liquor cabinet”—an old rolltop desk that hides a martini glass, shaker and other must-haves of the smart set that ensures the gentlemen...
...country," Frias says. That goes for California's big Asian population as well. But supermarkets have been slow to adjust to changing demographics. Traditional chains such as Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons have closed many outlets in low-income neighborhoods while trying to retain Latino and Asian shoppers with token selections of "ethnic" products in their remaining stores. In response, first-and second-generation Asian Americans have flocked to newer chains like 99 Ranch Market, which runs 25 Asian-targeted stores from Orange County, Calif., to Seattle. And many Latinos have turned to family-owned neighborhood markets for the foods they...