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...frame the choices that matter most: Harriet Beecher Stowe on slavery, Aldous Huxley on "progress," George Orwell on tyranny, Ralph Ellison on race. We could debate which debate has most refocused the Iraq war: the one moderated by Tim Russert or the one by Jon Stewart. When Crichton takes aim at genetic engineering and argues that "the future is closer than you think - get used to it," he is likely to shape opinion more than all the bioethics seminars and Senate debates combined...
Stanislav Dmitrievsky Russian-Chechen Friendship Society Outraged by Russian policy in Chechnya, Dmitrievsky, 40, launched his society in Nizhni Novgorod in 2000 with the aim of helping victims of the war. He also started a regular newsletter, which once reprinted speeches by Chechen separatist leaders. A local court handed him a two-year suspended sentence in February on charges of inciting racial hatred, and the group was officially shut down in October. He's appealing the verdict to the Supreme Court. "They're trying to push us underground," he says, "but we'll keep working. We must keep telling society...
...years, Democratic lobbyists lost influence--and money--as Republicans tightened their hold on power. G.O.P. leaders amplified the effect by launching an overt effort to push Democrats out of trade associations and lobbying firms, with the aim of increasing the G.O.P.'s share of campaign contributions from the groups' clients. G.O.P. leaders also punished firms that were too Democrat-friendly by excluding them from meetings on the Hill. The combined effect of power and persuasion added up to a decade of Republican domination in the business of influence peddling...
...with 1 out of 7 of these kids traveling an hour or more each way. What's more, most of their parents--Brown included --are happy with the system. So much to-ing and fro-ing is a result of the school district's generally popular racial guidelines, which aim to keep the percentage of African Americans in any one school from falling below 15% or rising above 50%. The district as a whole is about one-third black...
...Ganges like the one Dokai Bay had. Tougher government regulations will leave the work half done. Environment-friendly policies and improved environmental technology surely can take a green leap forward. Progress and development should not come at the cost of the environment. After all, "green growth" should be our aim. Ramjith Mohan Ooty, India...