Word: arens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Most of the ignorance has been from people who aren't involved in these types of organizations or haven't experienced diversity before," he said...
...people who aren't Hillelregulars," he said...
...weaknesses. But what makes people exceptional is not their knack for being the exception to the rules, or even their knack for making the rules. It's their knack for seeing those rules as fair-or for trying to change them for everyone, not just for themselves, if they aren't. It's their knack for admitting when they've failed. But most of all, it's their knack for believing irrationally in something that very few of us actually believe: that people really are created equal...
...believe that our policies are just, then we should be able to support international courts without hesitation. If those courts are corrupt or biased, then that is no reason to avoid them; if we are part of the international community, and we certainly can't claim that we aren't, then the quality of justice in such courts is also in our hands...
...rights advocates have dreamed of. Chances are good that by the deadline of December 11, the British will decide that his arrest isn't worth damaging their diplomatic relations with Chile and will set him free. But there are plenty of other dictators out there, and most of them aren't that hard to find. They are in hotels in Paris and resorts around the free world, ordering pina coladas while we watch them on TV. They may not know it, but they are testing us, determining whether we really believe in justice, and not just revenge. Dara Horn...