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...That's a good thing," said Leon SooHoo, owner of Paradyme Sound and Vision in Sacramento. "Previously, they did not have that exemption." SooHoo believes the regulations are overkill because manufacturers are already moving aggressively on energy efficiency...
...Even the New York Times proclaimed in a front-page headline Friday that Obama's decision "Scales Back Reagan's Vision," although, as the Times reported in 1991, that was done by the first President Bush. "President Bush's decision to reduce the goals of the 'Star Wars' program from an impenetrable shield to a limited defense against missile attacks is a milestone in the government's slow rejection of Ronald Reagan's grandiose aims," the paper reported 18 years ago. That was back when SDI morphed into a scaled-down version dubbed Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS...
...hard Berlusconi loyalist, said Friday there are no immediate plans for a pullout but expressed serious doubts about the situation in Afghanistan. "Much has to change," Frattini told the daily Corriere della Sera. "There needs to be ... more attention on the people who suffer and on reconstruction. The general vision of the mission must be changed." Frattini wants more emphasis on the approach Italian forces have used to stabilize more secure areas of Afghanistan, working with local leaders to guarantee security and improve services. Still, Italian troops - technically on a peacekeeping mission - are ever more aware that they are effectively...
...comical as it may sound, Sesame Street has long been a showcase of the best ideals of American liberalism. For 40 years, it’s promoted a vision of our better angels—albeit wrapped up in red and blue monster fur. The focus of the show has always been education through real-world experience, the value of inclusive community, and the wonders of ordinary life. And the lessons haven’t just been for wee babes: Although the messages of Big Bird and Grover may be articulated in terms a child could understand, they are nonetheless...
...reminded of the vast, Orwellian machinery of control underlying the Party's rule. The specter of robotic ranks of soldiers marching past stone-faced leaders on the reviewing stand is an example of how Beijing often reveals an image of China that is completely at odds with the vision of a modern, peaceful nation the government is normally at pains to portray to the rest of the world. Such discrepancies probably matter little to those planning the anniversary parade. They know there is only one audience for this particular extravaganza: the Chinese people. And Beijingers don't seem concerned that...