Word: abandonement
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...reminded us in his recent speech at George Washington University, if Deomcrats keep being “Republican-lite,” we will keep losing. That’s not to say we should reject all moderate ideas and become dogmatic leftists. But we can’t abandon the progressive struggle for economic and social justice just because we’re afraid some Republican might call us “liberal”—Democrats could call for the invasion of France, and Republicans would still call us “liberal...
...enjoyed as a Senator-for-life. There remained, however, the pesky issue of Pinochet’s health: after a judge placed him under house arrest in January 2001, the Santiago Appeals Court ruled that Pinochet was indeed medically unfit to stand trial and so forced prosecutors to abandon the case against him. Until yesterday, that medical defense held fast. Though his defense counsel has pledged to appeal yesterday’s indictment to Chile’s highest court, it seems now that the slippery General may at last be at the end of his luck...
...West's trust. When Tehran sought to change the terms of the agreement last week, it fueled doubts that Iran was negotiating in good faith. And according to European diplomats, the ruling clerics show no sign that they would agree to the West's bottom line: that Iran permanently abandon development of all nuclear technology that could give the nation the capability to construct an atomic weapon. The lead Iranian negotiator, national-security chief Hassan Rowhani, head of a commission on nuclear policy that reports directly to Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, says, "Terminating our enrichment activities has been...
...might be tempted to abandon the whole Nativity story as "unhistoric," mere theological backing and filling. Or one might take a broader view and, like the constantly evolving scholarship, look anew at these stories and what they tell us not just about the birth of Jesus but also about how his message was spread. "It's virtually impossible to reduce the accounts to a single core narrative," contends L. Michael White, University of Texas at Austin religious historian and author of From Jesus to Christianity. But that may not be the most important point. "What jumps out at close readers...
...event, we firmly believe that HCC should not be required at all. It is likely that they will only be the exciting, challenging and meaningful courses that they are intended to be so long as students can choose to abandon them for departmental courses en masse. Competition between courses, which is sorely lacking in the present Core, will ensure that these courses are truly the best courses Harvard offers. If they are truly as well-designed and well-taught as intended, students will want to enroll in them. If the Faculty insists on requiring at least some HCC, we hope...