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In Praise of “Northanger Abbey,” Jane Austen’s Least Beloved Novel
(newyorker.com)
Sarah Tytler
,
Jane Austen and her works
(1880)
“
The
Catherine
Morland of the past is always frank, sweet, and dutiful. We can never, we are thankful, doubt her reverence and uprightness. We need never fear scandalous defiance of the laws of God and man from her. But drawn as she is, by the masterly pen of Jane
Austen,
Catherine
is often exasperatingly foolish, and especially so in falling deeply in love, on the very slightest provocation, so far as any symptom of reciprocity of feeling on Henry Tilney’s side is made plain to the readers of “Northanger Abbey.”
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Russia seizes more Ukrainian territory amid fears of fresh ground offensive
(theguardian.com)
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/337 of 28 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning re...
“
Ukraine
has lately become the main target of the Southern Military District. Because of that, the new 8th Army was formed and the District’s presence on the territory of illegally annexed Crimean peninsula was expanded. Since mid-October 2021, Russian military forces have started an unprecedented military build-up on or near the
Ukrainian
border and within
Ukraine’s
occupied Crimea region. In this respect many observers and policymakers have expressed concerns about a possible new Russian invasion of
Ukraine
or other aggressive actions.
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Russia seizes more Ukrainian territory amid fears of fresh ground offensive
(theguardian.com)
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/337 of 28 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning re...
“
Ukraine
has lately become the main target of the Southern Military District. Because of that new 8th Army was formed and District’s presence on the territory of illegally annexed Crimean peninsula was expanded. Since mid-October 2021, Russian military forces have started an unprecedented military build-up on or near the
Ukrainian
border and within
Ukraine’s
occupied Crimea region. In this respect many observers and policymakers have expressed concerns about a possible new Russian invasion of
Ukraine
or other aggressive actions.
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Starwatch: Venus will be unmistakably brilliant in the predawn sky this week
(theguardian.com)
The story of the Universe, Volume I (of 4)
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THE PLANET
VENUS.—Camille
Flammarion Revolving round the sun in 224 days,
Venus
has its motion combined with ours in such a manner that it passes its inferior conjunction, between the sun and us, every 584 days; but the plane in which it revolves is inclined 3° 23′ to that in which the earth itself moves. When
Venus
attains its greatest elongations from the sun it shines in the west in the evening, then in the morning in the east, with a splendid brightness which eclipses that of all the stars. It is, without comparison, the most magnificent star of our
sky.
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America’s immigration detention centres are at capacity
(economist.com)
George W. Bush
,
Presidential Radio Address
(2005)
“
Our
border
patrol and immigration agents are doing a fine job, but we still have a problem. Too many illegal immigrants are coming in, and we're capturing many more non-Mexican illegal immigrants than we can send home.
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Pete Hegseth calls on Asia to boost military spending in face of ‘imminent’ threat from China
(theguardian.com)
Wikipedia:en:Policy Planning Staff
,
The Elements of the China Challenge
(2020)
“
After World War II, the United States helped to develop the
Indo-Pacific’s
free and open order. The PRC seeks to diminish U.S. influence by fostering a sense in the region’s nations that China’s dominance is inevitable. Prime targets include U.S. treaty-based allies — Japan, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, and the Philippines — as well as emerging strategic partners such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Taiwan.
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Women and girls ‘not safe anywhere’ as Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence
(theguardian.com)
by the Council of Europe
,
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violenc...
“
Recognising, with grave concern, that women and girls are often exposed to serious forms of
violence
such as domestic
violence,
sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage, crimes committed in the name of so-called “honour” and genital mutilation, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights of women and girls and a major obstacle to the achievement of equality between women and men
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Pete Hegseth calls on Asia to boost military spending in face of ‘imminent’ threat from China
(theguardian.com)
Joseph Robinette Biden and Suga Yoshihide
,
Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Suga of Japan at Press Conference
(2021)
“
And today, Prime Minister Suga and I affirmed our ironclad support for U.S.-Japanese alliance and for our shared security. We committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and on issues like the East China Sea, the South China Sea, as well as North Korea, to ensure a future of a free and open
Indo-Pacific.Japan
and the United States are two strong democracies in the region, and we’re committed — we’re committed to defending and advancing our shared values, including human rights and the rule of law.
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My Days: Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly album review – a luminous tribute
(theguardian.com)
Ernest Ford
,
A Short History of English Music
“
Now, there are always men who are constitutionally averse to change, and of these was the great, but not too amiable, Mr. William Byrd. We can, therefore, quite appreciate his feelings on this particular innovation and understand the frame of mind in which he writes, in a preface to his "Songs of Sadness," thus: "There is no music of instruments whatever to be compared to the voyces of men, when they are good, well-sorted and
ordered."Orlando
Gibbons
was the impersonator of the new spirit; William Byrd was the jealous guardian of the old.
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Will Donald Trump defy the US supreme court? | Steven Greenhouse
(theguardian.com)
Franklin Roosevelt
,
Fireside Chat
“
We want a Supreme
Court
which will do justice under the Constitution—not over it. In our
Courts
we want a government of laws and not of men.I want—as all Americans want—an independent judiciary as proposed by the framers of the Constitution. That means a Supreme
Court
that will enforce the Constitution as written—that will refuse to amend the Constitution by the arbitrary exercise of judicial power—amendment by judicial say-so. It does not mean a judiciary so independent that it can deny the existence of facts universally recognized.
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The gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough. It could also be a terrible missed opportunity | Benjamin Weil
(theguardian.com)
Margaret Sanger
,
What Every Girl Should Know
“
A curious point to know is that a man may have a hidden or latent
gonorrhoea,
of which he is not aware, for it gives him no trouble, and may infect a clean, healthy woman during sexual relations, and she in turn, can infect him with the same disease, acting like a fresh
infection,
giving rise to pain and discomfort. The great majority of
infections
in women are contracted from men who believe themselves cured, being under the false impression that they are cured because the discharge has ceased.
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World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says
(theguardian.com)
George W. Bush
,
Clear Skies and Global Climate Change Initiatives
(2002)
“
It would be unfair — indeed, counterproductive — to condemn developing nations to slow growth or no growth by insisting that they take on impractical and unrealistic greenhouse gas targets. Yet, developing nations such as China and India already account for a majority of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, and it would be irresponsible to absolve them from shouldering some of the shared obligations.The greenhouse gas intensity approach I put forward today gives developing countries a yardstick for progress on
climate
change that recognizes their right to economic development.
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Sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, report finds
(theguardian.com)
Joseph Robinette Biden
,
Statement by President Biden on the Introduction of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act o...
(2021)
“
Delay is not an option, especially when the pandemic and economic crisis have only further increased the risks of abuse and the barriers to safety for women in the United States. Domestic
violence
is being called a pandemic within the COVID-19 pandemic, with growing evidence showing that the conditions of the pandemic have resulted in escalated rates of intimate partner
violence,
and in some cases more severe injuries.
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Surrey v Essex, Yorkshire v Notts, and more: county cricket day four – live
(theguardian.com)
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Cricket (game)
(1911)
“
The distribution of cricketing ability in England might be the subject of some interesting speculation. In the first forty years of the annual competition for the championship six counties alone gained the coveted distinction, and three of these,
Surrey,
Notts and Yorkshire, won it thirty-four times between them. Why, it may be asked, is it that one county excels in the game while another has no place whatever in the history of cricket?
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Golden Dome missile defense program won’t be done by end of Trump’s term
(theguardian.com)
Lawrence Ari Fleischer
,
Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer, April 30, 2001
(2001)
“
No, I think the point the President makes repeatedly about the need to develop a
missile
defense is that the Cold War is over and the United States needs to protect itself and our allies and our troops that are stationed abroad from a different nature of threat. And the paradigm that existed in the Cold War is no longer the most imperative paradigm that should guide America's defense structures.
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Biden speaks about cancer diagnosis and urges Americans to defend democracy
(theguardian.com)
George W. Bush
,
Proclamation 7920
“
Prostate
cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among American men. This year, thousands of men will be diagnosed with
prostate
cancer, and thousands will die from the disease. While great strides have been made in the battle against
prostate
cancer, we have more work to do. During National
Prostate
Cancer Awareness Month, we renew our commitment to fight
prostate
cancer by finding better ways to prevent, detect, and treat this deadly disease.
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Starwatch: Venus will be unmistakably brilliant in the predawn sky this week
(theguardian.com)
George C. Comstock
,
A Text-Book of Astronomy
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Appearance.—Omitting the earth,
Venus
is by far the most conspicuous member of this group, and when at its brightest is, with exception of the sun and moon, the most brilliant object in the
sky,
and may be seen with the naked eye in broad daylight if the observer knows just where to look for it. But its brilliancy is subject to considerable variations on account of its changing distance from the earth, and the apparent size of its disk varies for the same reason, as may be seen from Fig. 94. These drawings bring out well the phases of the planet, and the student should determine from Fig.
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Ghost Wedding by David Park review – a thought-provoking novel about the power of the past
(theguardian.com)
Herbert Butterfield
,
The historical novel
(1924)
“
The power of the
novel
is that it can give to people the feeling for history, the consciousness that this world is an old world that can tell many stories of lost years, the sense that the present age is the last of a trail of centuries. It makes history a kind of extension of our personal experience, and not merely an addition to the sum of our knowledge.
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‘New era of threat’ amid changing face of war, UK defence review to warn
(theguardian.com)
Joe Biden
,
Remarks at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy
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But faced with new threats, new realities, we need a new resolve to meet them and new capabilities to succeed. Our Alliance must be better equipped to help stop the spread of the world's most dangerous weapons, to tackle terrorism and cyber-security, to expand the writ of energy security, and to act in and out of area more effectively. We continue to develop -- we will continue to develop missile defense to counter the growing Iranian capability, provided the technology is proven and it is cost-effective. We'll do so in consultation with you, our NATO allies, and with
Russia.
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Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom
(theguardian.com)
J. C. F. Johnson
,
Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students
“
This class of
mining
has been most extensively carried out in California and
New
Zealand,
and some districts of Victoria, but the truly enormous drifts of the Shoalhaven district in
New
South Wales must in the near future add largely to the world's gold supply. These drifts which are auriferous from grass roots to bed rock extend for nearly fifty miles, and are in places over 200 feet deep. Want of capital and want of knowledge has hitherto prevented their being profitably worked on a large scale.
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Can trade in soil carbon credits help farmers – and the climate?
(theguardian.com)
Joseph Robinette Biden
,
Executive Order 14008
(2021)
“
America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have an important role to play in combating the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by sequestering
carbon
in soils, grasses, trees, and other vegetation and sourcing sustainable bioproducts and fuels.
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Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala
(theguardian.com)
Walter Lehmann
,
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 5 — Central America
(1911)
“
Although there are numerous relics of
Mayan
civilization
buried in the earth; few ruins are to be seen on the surface. Karl Sapper has described three large ruins: Cuzcatlan near the capital, Tehuacan near S. Vicente, and Zacualpa on the Lake of Güija in the extreme north-west of the country. The ruins show a distinct affinity in style to those of the
Mayan
buildings in
Guatemala,
but they are less fine and artistically perfect.
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‘Most dangerous moment since 1995’: renegade Dodik leaves Bosnia in limbo
(theguardian.com)
Sir Arthur Evans
,
Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on foot
(1877)
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Bosnia,
indeed, throughout the whole of this period, seems to have stood aloof from all its neighbours. It might own a nominal allegiance, now to Serbia, now to Croatia, now to Hungary, but it enjoyed a practical independence. Its general isolation from the main current of
Serbian
history may be gathered from the chronicler of Dioclea; and when Manuel Comnenus reduced Hungary to a temporary subjection, his historian Cinnamus was struck with the same phenomenon. ‘The Drina,’ says he, ‘divides [xxviii] Bosthna from the rest of Serbia.
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Geelong overtakes Sunshine Coast as top tree- and sea-change destination
(theguardian.com)
Various
,
Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, Vol. 76, No. 467, September 1954
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A similar state of progressive improvement exists at Sydney,
Geelong,
Adelaide, and other towns. The population in them is becoming a more settled one; business goes on in more regular channels, and domestic comforts are more studied. Substantial stores for merchandise are also rising up on every side
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We demanded justice after George Floyd’s death. Donald Trump made things worse, but we fight on | Al Sharpton
(theguardian.com)
Jennifer Rene Psaki
,
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 21, 2021
(2021)
“
Well, I would say that the President is — one of the President’s core objectives is addressing racial injustice in this country not just through his rhetoric, but through his actions. And what anyone should look to is his advocacy for passing the
George
Floyd
Justice in Policing Act, for nominating leaders to the Department of Justice to address long-outdated policies, and to ask his team — leadership team here in the White House to prioritize these issues in his presidency, which is current and today and not from 30 years ago.
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The Guardian view on a new Syria: nurturing fragile hope amid the rubble | Editorial
(theguardian.com)
House of Commons
,
Hanasard (Commons) UK - Vol.566 40
“
The region has already been profoundly endangered by the conflict in
Syria.
Lebanon is facing sectarian tensions as refugees pile across the border. Jordan is coping with a massive influx of refugees. Our NATO ally Turkey has suffered terrorist attacks and shelling from across the border. Standing by as a new chemical weapons threat emerges in
Syria
will not alleviate those challenges; it will deepen them. That is why the Arab League has been so clear in condemning the action, in attributing it precisely to President
Assad
and in calling for international action.
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Mongolia PM expected to call vote of confidence in the face of protests
(theguardian.com)
Kingdom of Nepal
,
Constitution of Nepal
(1990)
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The Prime Minister, while he holds office, may, whenever he is of the opinion that it is necessary or appropriate to obtain a
vote
of confidence from the members of the House of Representatives, present a resolution to that effect in the House of Representatives.
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Can the Southern Baptist Convention Survive Without Women Pastors?
(newyorker.com)
George Walter Fiske
,
The Challenge of the Country: A Study of Country Life Opportunity
“
The number of women ministers seems to be increasing in several denominations, though not rapidly yet. Sometimes they are untrained, but when well equipped they render efficient service. Occasionally you find a woman with the true
pastor’s
spirit gaining surprising success in a difficult country
church
after a series of men have conspicuously failed.
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New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says
(theguardian.com)
W. E. Swanton
,
Notes on New Zealand
(1892)
“
Mining
and Minerals. Agriculture by no means covers the extent of the productiveness of
New
Zealand.
Vast mineral wealth of almost every description lies beneath the surface, and in this direction, perhaps, less after all has been done towards developing the resources of the country than in others. Gold was found at a comparatively early period;
coal
and other minerals have since been discovered in great abundance, but no adequate idea of their extent can be at present obtained.
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Hong Kong releases second group of democrats jailed for four years in national security trial
(theguardian.com)
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
,
Hong Kong Democratic Progress Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems
(2021)
“
The law marks a milestone in advancing the cause of One Country, Two Systems.Whatever form of democracy runs in any country, it must first and foremost safeguard national security. There can never be workable, authentic democracy without security. To safeguard national security and to develop democracy in the HKSAR, solid measures must be taken to prevent, halt, and punish offenses that seriously undermine national security. The enforcement of the
Hong
Kong
National Security Law has created favorable conditions for restoring order to the process of building democracy in
Hong
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Republican cuts to food and health benefits ‘will kill’, advocacy groups warn
(theguardian.com)
William Jefferson Clinton
,
Presidential Radio Address
(1995)
“
But the
Republican
plan repeals
Medicaid's
guarantees, and that spells disaster for families in the middle class who are caught unprepared.
Medicaid
helps millions of children who are disabled or who suffer from chronic illnesses or who have the AIDS virus. But the
Republican
plan could pull this lifeline from millions of children.In education, the
Republican
plan eliminates Head Start for 180,000 preschoolers. It cuts our efforts to keep drugs and violence out of our schools. It undermines our efforts to help schools meet national standards of excellence for the first time.
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