Still, it's not something that any country can easily walk away from—not even a Bush administration that has made a habit of being the party pooper in international forums.

The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.

In contrast, tree growth has been found to be higher on displaced material such as berms and sidecasts compared with the harvested undisturbed soils.

Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.