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...seen this figure on countless reality shows, smiling, un-put-downable, oblivious to his flaws. (He dared investigators to tape him--so far, so Gary Hart--then raved on tape like a reality cast member who forgets the cameras are rolling.) He's the obnoxious dating-show contestant certain he can charm his way into viewers' hearts at the reunion special. He's the Big Brother housemate who cheats on his girlfriend on camera but hopes that she, and America, will see it was just the editing. He's bumbling Michael Scott, of the reality-show-in-a-sitcom...
...current diplomatic approach to Iran’s nuclear ambitions is overwhelmingly dependent on economic sanctions and is simply not effective. This is due to the volatile state of global energy markets, particularly crude oil. Since Tehran relies on oil exports for 85 percent of its foreign exchange revenue, UN sanctions can be rendered meaningless by steady increases in the price of oil and gas—a trend that has reached alarming rates in the past five years...
...North Korea Up Next: Kim Junior? Citing intelligence sources, South Korean news outlets reported that Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, who has barely been seen since suffering a suspected stroke last August, has named his youngest son, Jong Un, as his successor. Little is known about Jong Un, who is in his mid-20s and has lived a life of secrecy--much as his father...
...only girl in shorts).As with my gym, there’s an awful lot of structuring that goes on within both French culture and language. Understanding lingual differences through translation is a direct clue to a culture’s mentality. For example, in French, one fait un rêve—makes or does a dream—in English, you simply have one. The expression faire un rêve provides the quintessential example of the active nature of the French cultural mentality: in the French mindset, you invent, design, and construct your own dream...
...Dakar, in the supposed shining citadel of West African democracy, had been sentenced to eight years imprisonment upon suspicion of homosexual conduct. Even more shocking was the well-worn statement issued by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW): merely, that the Senegalese state had violated Article 7 of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and that the doctrine of natural rights demanded that the prisoners’ shackles be burst asunder post-haste.If human rights advocates are to establish a relevant global code of ethics, they must jettison this language of abstract rights in favor of a consensus anchored...