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...have been a “hate fest,” it was still deeply flawed. The conference was heated, insulting, and did not engender positive strides toward ending racism. Further, the resolutions adopted were, on the whole, both infeasible and unrealistic. Repressive regimes in Saudi Arabia and China (among other participants in the conference) have little incentive to actually implement the resolutions, and the UN has no way to actually enforce them. The lack of concrete standards and suggestions further undermines the purpose of the conference, and it can therefore be considered a failure...
...Public Service.Ellwood could not be reached for comment for this article.In response, administrators met with student leaders, reaffirming their commitment to public service and allaying some student concerns. Now, students say they hope the administration will follow the meetings with action.LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICSBut despite widespread concern among students over recent percentages of graduates going to the private sector, administrators say the statistics have been blown out of proportion.“I don’t believe there is a cause for concern,” says Sandy Hessler, director of the Office of Career Advancement. She says...
...character to most Harvard students sound old-fashioned, if not completely absurd. Yet, at one point, such concerns formed the center of a truly moral education. Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics listed “greatness of soul,” or “magnanimity,” among the principal moral virtues—as the “crown” of the virtues, in fact, without which the other moral virtues cannot properly exist. For one who exemplifies all the moral virtues—an ideal toward which men of a previous age continuously would strive?...
...During George W. Bush's two terms in office, Specter voted in favor of the Patriot Act (playing a critical role in re-authorizing the bill), retroactive telecom immunity, the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and Bush's controversial tax cuts, among other right-wing measures that have drawn the ire of moderate Republicans and Democrats alike...
...Companies that are majority owned by the government include some familiar names, among them China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone company by subscribers, Baoshan Steel and China National Petroleum Corp. The role they play in China's hybridized economy appears to be expanding due to the global slump. As Beijing fights recession with a $586 billion stimulus package and as banks boost lending at the behest of the government, the private sector looks to be getting squeezed out. Loans to private firms in January totaled $61.7 billion, down $102.5 million from the previous month, even as total lending...