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...thought he was a very interesting person....His personality dictates that he needs to cause drama wherever he goes.” In a post-lecture phone interview with FM, Watson addressed his ideas about cultural diversity. Although Watson says that it is impossible to assess the extent to which personality differences across nations are genetic, he points out that “2000 years is plenty of time for lots of evolution.” Still, Watson said that his bluntness came partly from his belief in the free exchange of ideas. “I exaggerate a little...
Cass Sunstein earns his living researching how misplaced fears skewer our ability to assess risk, so he figured himself the last person to fall into the same trap. But when his teenage daughter planned a long-distance swim last summer, Sunstein found himself dwelling on the remote possibility she would drown. "It's crazy," says Sunstein, a University of Chicago law professor specializing in risk regulation. "But I couldn't counteract my brain's rapid, intuitive emotional system for evaluating risk...
...prevent tactless would-be politicians like Lamont from making anymore wasteful political grabs in the future. The Democratic leadership had ample opportunities to subdue the Lamont campaign and assert its support for Lieberman during and after the primary, yet it balked each time. Now, the leadership needs to assess the role it wants fringe activists to play in its party politics and recognize that however contentious the Iraq war may currently be, the Democrats cannot risk becoming a one-issue party. The time is ripe for the Democratic Party to learn the lessons of this election and get ready...
...While the crowd was beginning to focus on the embarrassed, pajama-clad visitors in its midst, the sound of sirens announced the arrival of a fire truck. Out poured the firemen, who, making clear that it was not a drill, ran into the building to assess the situation. By the time they came back out, word had already spread: false alarm. The anger was immediate. Who would be drunk enough, reckless enough, generally despicable enough to force hundreds of people out into the cold for no reason at all on a Saturday night? And as many people in the crowd...
...extremely efficient” way to save time and labor.PARKING AND PARKSThe city manager also reported to the council on policies designed to decrease Cambridge’s gasoline consumption.“To foster better fuel efficiency by residents, businesses, and institutions, the City will assess ‘feebates’ and other incentives to encourage the use of fuel-efficient vehicles and continue efforts...to reduce reliance on single-occupancy driving,” the manager’s report read.Councillor Henrietta Davis asked the city manager to be more specific about actions to provide such incentives...