Word: upone
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...turned his attention last to Johnson, who he wrote had the least experience in foreign affairs and thus depended upon others for counsel...
...publicly "ridiculing or insulting" any recognized community's religious beliefs. That's the problem with free speech: the principle is fine, the application is very tricky, and never more so than in the age of cultural rage. Statutes writ in black and white transmute to a fog of grays upon contact with the passions of competing groups and the difficulties of balancing individual conscience against social cohesion. Some limits, such as libel laws, are considered legitimate to protect individuals, while other restrictions, such as those that regulate obscenity, supposedly protect social standards. Even in the ultra-tolerant U.S., with...
...accountants," Jean-Marc Ayrault, head of the Socialist deputies - many of whom believe Barroso worships the false gods of the marketplace - said at the time. You'd hardly guess that Barroso, appointed President of the Commission in 2004, took office with a substantial reservoir of goodwill to draw upon. Only the second Commission President to be appointed from outside the original six nations of the E.U. (the other was Roy Jenkins, all of 30 years ago), Barroso usefully combined in one person a variety of European constituencies. As the former Prime Minister of Portugal - a fascist dictatorship until the 1970s...
...REFUSED ENTRY. JOSE BOVÉ, 52; to the U.S.; in New York City. Due to deliver a speech at Cornell University, the French antiglobalization activist was detained and questioned upon arrival at J.F.K. Airport before being flown back to France. U.S. officials said Bové-who was jailed in France for destroying genetically modified crops and demolishing a McDonald's restaurant-was barred from entering as he failed to mention his previous convictions on an immigration form...
...comparison. In terms of tweaking the romantic comedy to accommodate modern notions of love, “Imagine” is rather sub-par. If the writing were crisper and Perabo just a little more compelling, then perhaps this romantic comedy would have been humorously poignant. Instead, it relies upon hackneyed romantic comedy techniques and that damn song “Happy Together...