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...expansions like Paraguaná's and spend that money on socialist programs and other political pursuits. In a bravado performance at a Nov. 18 meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Chávez and his new best friend, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, mocked the U.S. and blamed the weak dollar, not Venezuelan production capacity, for the high price of oil. "The fall of the dollar is not the fall of the dollar," Chávez crowed. "It's the fall of the American empire...
...from Indonesia to Germany and embraces both secular and religious causes. Perhaps the most profound facet of Richardson’s work is her documentation of the continuity of terrorism.Despite the breadth of terrorist groups that Richardson examines, she is able to isolate terrorism as the preferred means for weak sub-state groups to challenge powerful geopolitical entities. Richardson argues that terrorists strive for revenge, renown, and reaction. Terrorists have long been unable to inflict large numbers of casualties, instead exacting their revenge by causing panic and fear. The most popular and effective terrorist technique is the suicide attack, which...
...freshman Hao Meng each posting two victories. The foilists notched eight wins in each of the other two meets. The epee fencers couldn’t find that same rhythm. With a strong combination of senior Teddy Sherill and sophomores Billy Stallings and Karl Harmenberg, the squad beat a weak opponent in the form of BC by the slimmest of margins, 5-4, and fell to the Judges by the same mark. Saber, too, fell below its potential, losing to Brandeis, 5-4, despite crushing BC and MIT 7-2 and 8-1, respectively. “We?...
...Connor said. “We’ll win the dual meets with our Ivy opponents. We’ll win conference.” Health may be the only roadblock in the Crimson’s way, as the squad boasts few weak points. Beyond Caputo, junior Andrew Flanagan—who the NWCA ranks sixth at 165 lbs.—was sidelined for the first meet due to a high ankle sprain. Last year it was the same sprain on his other leg that cut short his season. But the junior looks to make his return...
...Israelis and Palestinians agreed to restart negotiations on the tough issues of dividing Jerusalem, establishing borders and providing for the return of Palestinian refugees. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed the Saudis and the Syrians to join the talks in a show of support for the weak Palestinian leadership. Still, the summit, which set the goal of creating a Palestinian state at peace with Israel by the end of 2008, was a risk. If talks fail, says George Salem, a co-founder of the Arab American Institute, "then the extremists will attempt to once again take control...