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...what it is: the catastrophe. The continued violation of Palestinian human rights is clear and well-documented, albeit ferociously undermined and consciously distorted by Israel and Israel's U.S. supporters. It is ironic that 2008 is also the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the apartheid regime in South Africa, which only lasted 46 years before it collapsed under international pressure. When will that same international pressure free the citizens of Palestine? J.D. McRary, Clarkston...
...Israel's continued violation of palestinian human rights is clear and well-documented, albeit undermined and distorted by Israel and its supporters. The apartheid regime in South Africa lasted 46 years before it collapsed under international pressure. When will that same pressure free the Palestinians? J.D. McRary, Clarkston, Georgia...
...often concentrating corporate power in one person, the U.S. takes a very different approach from much of the rest of the world. Almost all companies in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia split the CEO and chairman roles, sometimes because of the law, and sometimes because of other conventions. Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, for example, are allowed to have the same person serving as both CEO and chairman - but they must provide a compelling reason why. As a result, some 95% of British companies split the job. Simon Wong, who studied the topic...
...made a profound impact on our society. He stood on the front lines of the legislative struggle for the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. He was an architect of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which opened the nation’s doors to millions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. First introduced by Senator Kennedy, the Americans with Disabilities Act has broadly protected the nation’s disabled population from discrimination. He has also been the Senate’s preeminent champion of early childhood education under Head Start, of the Children’s Health...
...Millennium Development Goals, the foundation will use its funds-it aims to build up a war chest of several hundred million dollars-to work with others active in the developing world. Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, for example, uses church-based clinics to provide basic health care in Africa. (Warren will serve on the foundation's advisory board.) I spoke by phone recently to Ari Johnson, 25, a Harvard medical student now working in Mali, West Africa, with Project Muso Ladamunen, a small Washington-based organization, who made Blair's point for him. "We've seen how potent the involvement...