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...nuclear ambitions and its crude new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has concentrated the minds of both Western diplomats and Middle Eastern Sunni governments. Suddenly the prospect of a permanent Iraqi government dominated by Iran-friendly religious Shi'ites seems a more pressing problem. "If the negotiations in Iraq do not yield a government acceptable to Sunnis," the Middle Eastern diplomat told me, "we could be looking at a civil war that becomes a regional conflict...
...University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse’s phrase—a phrase derived from Justice Louis Brandeis’ remark that decentralizing government could make the states into “laboratories of democracy.” And as these “laboratories” yield experimental results, their findings might help the Supreme Court justices formulate a more carefully-considered ruling if the once-tied cases ever returned to their docket...
...NCAAs], and this year it would be great to have more people go,” junior Jessica Davidson said. “It’s great that we are getting more and more people to reach that level.”The 200-yard butterfly would yield even better results for the Crimson, as it claimed all three top spots in the event. Bassi led the pack, winning by almost four seconds and grabbing an NCAA “B” cut time—qualifying her to compete in the NCAAs later this season. Senior Jane...
...romances, the athletes call the skating soap opera As the Blade Turns. "Being a skating partner is like being in a marriage, without the sex," says top U.S. ice dancer Ben Agosto, whose partnership with newly minted U.S. citizen Tanith Belbin, a Canada native, could yield the first U.S. ice-dancing medal since 1976. "Well, for some people." Agosto and Belbin are not romantically involved. Since skating routines are inherently sensual, off-ice contact is inevitable. Love has certainly worked for Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov, the other top U.S. dance pair. Gregory met Petukhov, a Russian, five years...
...Hamas' win will not go down in history as an example of the global march toward democracy but as another instance of the "one person, one vote ... one time" syndrome. It is too soon to tell which of these will be correct. The experiments in the Palestinian laboratory will yield answers with global consequences...