Word: alongism
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...There is no other time I would rather receive this honor than at this time at this turning point in American history,” Kennedy said.The band concluded the convocation with multiple verses of “Ten Thousand Men of Harvard,” and Kennedy sang along and gave the audience a thumbs up as he left the stage.The event marked one of the few times that Harvard has given an honorary degree outside of the June Commencement. Three heads of state—George Washington, Nelson Mandela, and Winston Churchill—are the only people...
...position that every inauguration should be a day during which students are allowed to exercise their civic duty,” he said. Once the College’s calendar changes next year, final exams will no longer fall in January. But for Shah, Parikh, and Zampardo—along with 2,000 others—that change might come a year too late...
...evidence may lead to a sticky situation for the U.S., which is desperately trying to focus Pakistan's government on combating resurgent militants along its inflamed border with Afghanistan. In the run-up to his presidential campaign, President-elect Barack Obama claimed he would be willing to unilaterally launch targeted strikes against terrorist camps operating within Pakistani territory - a lesson not lost on Indians eyeing the bases of groups like LeT, which allegedly trained the Mumbai attackers. "There has been an international legitimization of such a strike in Pakistan," says Dipankar Banerjee, director of the Delhi-based Institute for Peace...
...undermine the growing relationship with their Pakistani counterparts, which, until the attacks, promised to be one of the more fruitful ententes in South Asia's fractious history. In the days after the events of Nov. 26, New Delhi never explicitly pointed fingers at Pakistan - let alone massed troops along the border or escalated tensions the way a preceding government in 2001 had done after militants struck the Parliament building. "You have to take action without undercutting the people who want to cooperate with you," says Amitabh Dubey, director of India research for Trusted Sources, a London-based risk consultancy firm...
Before the economy eclipsed everything else, the country was feeling better about Iraq. The war was winding down. The insurgents were being steadily pacified. Then along came Mumbai, and their 9/11, as Indians view it, and reignited our own past fears. As the world watched the grueling, sickening violence enacted against innocent victims, it was easy to push back as aggressively as possible against the attackers and their like everywhere...