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Monday, May 20 2013
The Violence Card
EVER since the culture wars of the 1980s, Americans have been familiar with "the race card" - an epithet used to discredit real and imagined cries of racism. Less familiar, however, is an equally cynical rhetorical tactic that I call "the violence card." Here's how it works. When confronted with an instance of racially charged violence against a black ...
NOT ENOUGH INFLATION
AFEW days ago, Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, spoke out in defence of his successor. Attacks on Ben Bernanke by Republicans, he told The Financial Times, are "wholly inappropriate and destructive." He's right about that - which makes this one of the very few things the ex-maestro has ...
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Lorenzo wins Qatar MotoGP

SPAIN´S 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo, riding a Yamaha, won the season-opening Qatar MotoGP under the Losail floodlights on Sunday to record his first elite class victory at the desert venue. Lorenzo finished ahead of Honda duo, Spain´s Dani Pedrosa...

Arabi´s win helps Al Rayyan enter semis
ARABI´S big win against El Jaish secured a spot for Al Rayyan in the semifinals of the HH Emir basketball Cup, which will start on Tuesday. Arabi sent El Jaish out of the tournament with the final score 92-77. They are going to the semis with a spotless win. In the second game, Rayyan defeated Qatar Club 88-65. Rayyan´s team standing of 1-1 in the tourney made the match a must win for them in order to claim the fourth spot in the semis. Arabi point guard Mansour Elhadary, with his 22 points and strong presence on the court, led his team to its third consecutive win in the championship. Abdullah Jalloh was also a big factor to Arabi´s impressive ...
Marquez wins Moto2 at Grand Prix of Qatar
MARQ Marquez of Team CatalunyaCaixaRepsol, 2011 runner-up, outpaced Andrea Iannone of Speed Master to win the season-opening Moto2 race at the Losail International Circuit on Sunday. The third place was picked by Pol Espargaro of Pons 40 HP Tuenti and his teammate Esteve Rabat was fourth. Thomas Luthi, who was on the top for most of the week, finished in the fifth place, having been crammed for space by the winner on the first corner in the final lap. The Spanish rider Marquez, who won by 0.061 of a second, was extremely delighted with his victorious return to the grid. He had a nasty fall in Sepang last season, had some vision problem as well ...
United goes 8 points clear as City loses to Arsenal
MANCHESTER United all but sealed a 20th English title as they moved into an eight-point lead over Manchester City at the top of Premier League on Sunday with just six games left to play. United beat Queens Park Rangers 2-0 at Old Trafford to pile the pressure on City ahead of their match away to Arsenal later Sunday. But City were unable to respond, with Mikel Arteta´s goal three minutes from time securing a 1-0 victory for the Gunners that saw them leapfrog north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur into third place in the table. City´s misery was compounded when temperamental striker Mario Balotelli was sent-off a minute before fulltime. Before kick-off, City ...

Celtics pins down Pacers, holds lead
Montpellier cements Ligue 1 position
Qatar to send three women to Olympics

 

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