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Bradley would probably have an easier time with this question than Bush, because as a Democrat he is not required to believe that "reverse discrimination" is necessarily a terrible thing, and because athletic talent can plausibly be seen as a legitimate aspect of "merit," while choosing a father who went to Yale cannot.
In an op-ed article Wednesday, the Financial Times of London said Khatami's objectives in Italy were threefold--to win Western endorsement for his reforming efforts, to foster international acceptance of Iran as a regional power with legitimate security interests, and to entice urgently needed foreign investment.
There is absolutely no guarantee that good information will create legitimate markets for organ sales.
Perhaps he had so thoroughly identified his art at this point with French national traditions--was he not the legitimate heir of Courbet?
Participants have kept things real thus far, questioning why secret societies remain secret, what constitutes conspiratorial thought, and what differentiates the aforementioned wackos from legitimate psychodrama connoisseurs.