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… showed too much sympathy for southern interests. They complained that he would not compromise with diverse and powerful political groups in the … of stubbornness relates to his position on Iraq. Bush has come under sharp criticism for responding inadequately to …

… some 6,000 dead and wounded. Perhaps 20,000 Filipino soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … the Iraqi resistance have gotten the point. Saddam is never coming back, and Washington will not allow Muqtada al-Sadr, …

… has concluded that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is complicit because it harbors al-Qaida. But will an American … wars. Nor could the United States cut off supplies to the communists in Vietnam. Britain failed to isolate Afghanistan … before that. Using history to understand the present and future is important. But it is crucial to recognize …

… some 6,000 dead and wounded. Perhaps 20,000 Filipino soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … the Iraqi resistance have gotten the point. Saddam is never coming back, and Washington will not allow Muqtada al-Sadr, …

… Hills, in Asia Minor, believed that their god Attis, who committed suicide when frustrated in love, returned to life … that it began with Mary, who offered eggs to the Roman soldiers at the cross as she pleaded with them to restrain … Easter festivals. The lamb’s role as the hope for the future of the flocks of early Middle Eastern shepherds …

… scientists hoped that vaccines could be used to eradicate common childhood diseases such as mumps and rubella. Yet … eradicated. Conis writes, “Nature was something to be overcome with technological breakthroughs and scientific … regarding mumps, which was regarded as a harmless and comical disease of childhood. These diseases, once …

… of a panel of lay Roman Catholics appointed by the bishops to oversee their handling of the church’s sex abuse … scandal. Frustrated by a few unrepentant prelates, Keating compared their conspiratorial behavior to that of the Mafia. … more amazing, though, is that he listened. After Gregory died in Rome, Catherine hoped his successor, Pope Urban VI, …

… from religious life, because government money always comes with strings attached. Understanding that, in the late … Still, many religious leaders in poor neighborhoods welcome any help for their impoverished parishioners and … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …

… the explosion. A plant employee at work, mid-1980s. In any complex system, accidents are inevitable, but the Soviet … ascendancy the Soviet Union wanted to project was a lie. Commitment to this image by Soviet authorities meant that … to the crisis. Emily Watson’s Khomyuk, most notably, is a composite character meant to represent several of the …

… The chair of the House Government Reform Committee, Tom Davis, House Democrat Henry Waxman and Senate … only 22 percent of Americans believe that Congress should become involved in the problems of baseball. According to one … benefited from exemptions to the anti-trust laws, subsidies for stadium construction and an assortment of federal …

… To make the case that an election is momentous, you need to compare it with previous critical ones. The most important … elected.   In 1920, the incumbent party’s president had become very unpopular as a result of a war that had not … Herbert Hoover.   Next week’s election is shaping up as a combination of 1932 and 1920. The Panic of 2008 is having an …

… the words “The End” on a popular, long-running American comedy named “The Roaring Twenties: The New Era of Eternal … With the failure of the individualistic market economy, community-oriented values made a strong comeback.  One of the most common misconceptions about the …

… September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party and Premier of the Soviet Union , arrived in … The opportunity to share in this journey, to imagine the complications and sheer exhaustion of meals, receptions, … and frustrations, clashes of expectations and uncomfortable situations for participants on both sides. They …

… As China completes its takeover of Hong Kong, it should be remembered … spiritual leader, to take actions that made him a little uncomfortable (just as they have already directed Hong Kong’s … remained largely untouched during the first few years of communist rule in Tibet. The Dalai Lama himself has written …

… as the old age pension program), became untouchable. Their commitments were sacred. Their recipients were unequivocally … The proposed patchwork of mandates, regulations, and subsidies do nothing to address the administrative waste, actuarial complexity and naked profiteering that created the health …

… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of opium … to prioritize anti-drug trafficking laws as an important component of their activities. In his aptly named Opium’s … It was only in response to transnational pressure from bodies such as SSOT that the British government set up a Royal …

… the cable news networks waited to report the outcome … and waited and waited and waited. Much to the … was not yet a news-gathering organization. These editors compiled bulletins from information sent by the British news … content presented in such a way as to attract the largest audience. In such a context, it is not surprising that the BBC …

… speculative thinking with his new biography on Trotsky. Coming after his previous biographies on Lenin and Stalin, … Alexander Parvus (1867-1924) and fell in love with his life-companion, Natalya Sedova (1882-1962). Quickly returning to … rationale behind the actions of his principle actor becomes increasingly problematic as the book progresses. …

… process. What’s unusual is that conservatives are complaining about the Court at the same time they’re … the presidents who appointed them are gone, the Court’s composition frequently lags behind the country’s political … Justices who were popular when they took office often become jarringly out of touch before they leave. They’re like …

… most critical elections in decades. European and American commentators almost uniformly expressed shock at the … In recent decades the nation has continued to struggle to come to terms with its past through highly visible war … While a far-right victory this Sunday is unlikely, a future social and political earthquake, such as happened …

… passed a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Édouard Daladier’s government. But based on advice from army and police officials and political advisors, Daladier stepped down to avoid increased violence. For the first … French cities. In fact, the riots of February 6 th have become shorthand to describe the protests and violence that …

… appliances, and new opportunities in electronics, telecommunications, and aerospace. In the United States the … corporate reorganization, and the challenge of new overseas competitors. Past patterns suggest that the United States … century. Carl Abbott is a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University, Ore., and a …

… see Israel’s response to the capture of three of its soldiers as entirely justified. Why not, they ask, punish those … so today will ensure that Israelis and Lebanese continue to die in vain. Michael H. Creswell is in associate professor …

… right. However, even this discussion of pregnancy did not come close to the corporeal character of Kennedy’s language … the limits of what reasoned discourse can represent. An audience has to be brutally stimulated — shocked by savage … the fetus piece by piece continues until it has been completely removed. A doctor may make 10 to 15 passes with …