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...Mirandese dialect, spoken by approximately 10,000 people in northeastern Portugal, was recognized by the state in 1999 as the second language in that area. Globalization can coexist with the cultural richness offered by ethnic minorities. History has proved the terrible consequences of oppressing subcultures that don't align with the dominant culture. Your article may help shed some light on the treasures of cultural diversity and bring more social awareness throughout the world. Alberto Rouiller Lisbon Sectarian Sniping For all its gory detail, "Killers In The Neighborhood," about the death squads in Baghdad [Aug. 29], omitted an important conclusion...
...intrusion by the outside world - the arrival of high-powered guns to replace bows and arrows. They also found themselves, as the book reveals, confronted by wounded friends and new dilemmas. They took one man to hospital but refused to take another for fear of seeming to align themselves with either side. The extent of their unwitting role in sparking the conflict - when their pig was stolen one night - still troubles Connolly. As does the memory of hurrying to the side of their friend Popina Mai after he was hit by an arrow and of Connolly's first question...
...pharma couldn't get away with a lot of what it does without help, says Angell, who describes a world in which researchers are all too eager to align themselves with industry in order to make money from their discoveries, and who accept industry funding to conduct, and interpret the results of, trials of drugs in which they may have a financial stake. Then there are the doctors who, seduced by the standard three-pronged charm offensive of drug company sales reps - food, flattery and friendship - respond by prescribing certain drugs with a frequency they wouldn't otherwise have contemplated...
...families choose a residence partly because of the public schools associated with it. The Crimson reports Rothstein’s claim that when he uses alternative measures an area’s number of streams, my results change substantially (when school districts were originally drawn, it was common to align their boundaries with natural barriers like streams. Thus, areas with more streams tend to have more school districts, and this makes for a “natural experiment” in which some families have more districts to choose among than others). Rothstein’s claim is incorrect...
...even if the stars align in Summers’ favor, there is no guarantee that he would be willing to climb down from his Mass Hall perch. When asked last week what his ideal job would be, Summers responded: President of Harvard University...