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...consider the adhan thusly disregard the power and religious potency embodied in symbols, behavior, and non-verbal actions. For example, one who takes issue with the adhan should most assuredly also have a problem with dollar bills and the inscription thereon proclaiming “In God we trust,” which could be read as an attempt by Americans to preach to atheists. To denounce the adhan but to simultaneously accept these currency inscriptions exhibits an inconsistency. By virtue of being a call beckoning Muslims to pause in their worldly lives and offer a prescribed prayer...
...caustic reminders of Japanese aggression in China would be a practical way for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to act on his stated desire to improve relations between the two countries. Yet, while a Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said that the cleanup "is extremely important for improving trust," the government has not indicated how it plans to get the project back on track - nor has it launched a tendering process for companies to bid for the contract...
...McCain's defense of such incidents is invariably twofold. First, he declares categorically that he has not betrayed the public trust. "I have never done any favors for anybody - lobbyist or special-interest group," he said last December. But he complicates matters by also admitting what other politicians rarely do: the system itself is corrupted and corrupting. "All of us are tainted," McCain said in 2002. "And I am one of them...
...same time, NPB teams lack what might be called the "trade advantages" of their North American counterparts, namely, stadium subsidies, salary depreciation allowances and the anti-trust exemption which helps free up millions upon millions of dollars for MLB teams to spend on raiding Japan's top stars. Most MLB teams use stadiums for little or nothing, having strenuously convinced the cities they play in to build new facilities for them. By contrast The Tokyo Giants pay $250,000 a game to use the Tokyo Dome, while the Softbank Hawks pay $40 million dollars a year to use a similar...
...members have resolved to launch a campaign to push for smaller classes amid reports that teachers are struggling to teach as many as 55 pupils at one time. Average class sizes in the state sector are 26.2 compared to 10.7 in fee-paying schools. A report by the Sutton Trust, an educational charity, found that children from poorer homes who were given scholarships to fee-paying schools dramatically outperformed their peers at state schools. They also went on to out-earn them, with almost a fifth attaining salaries of over $140,000 a year, more than twice the proportion from...