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...frugality forced upon us by the economy [April 27]. But will this renunciation of excess continue beyond the current crisis? Look how quickly sales of big trucks and SUVs rebounded once gas prices dropped. Smaller, greener vehicles were so much more attractive when our pocketbooks were under attack. Similarly, McMansions have gobbled up farmland--and now we're stuck with them for decades to come. Let's hope that when the world economy recovers, the monster vehicles will remain on scrap heaps, builders won't build monstrosities and people won't forget their enthusiasm for the simpler, purer life. Joan...
...eliminate racism and xenophobia. Eight years ago, the proceedings rapidly descended into a “hate fest” as Muslim-majority states hijacked the stage as an opportunity to berate Israel and the West. While Durban II was not the same sort of vitriolic, one-sided attack that many had expected, it was nonetheless far from constructive. As such, Durban II simply served as a blunt reminder of the United Nations’s hypocrisy, ineffectiveness, and entirely unrealistic goals...
...workers are systematically excluded from the decision making process, and they haven’t offered any other ways for us to engage in meaningful dialogue,” Aguilera adds. SLAM member Seth A. Pearce ’12 emphasized that the campaign does not seek to personally attack Harvard administrators. “I think whenever you’re criticized, you’re bound to feel attacked, but that isn’t the intention. We’re just trying to saturate them with information.” The administration claims that there are expenditures...
Some of the most interesting techniques are classified as "emotional approaches." Interrogators are allowed to flatter a detainee's ego, for instance, by praising some particular skill. Alternatively, the interrogators may attack the detainee's ego, by accusing him of incompetence - forcing him to defend himself, possibly giving up information in the process. If interrogators choose to go on the attack, however, they may not "cross the line into humiliating and degrading treatment of the detainee...
...proves to be exaggerated. "The authorities are being decisive and firm. This will help the economic damage be a short term thing and build up confidence in Mexico," Camarena says. However, for many in the service sector, the mayor's crackdown is seen as the equivalent of a nuclear attack on their already struggling businesses. Daniel Loeza, vice-president of the restaurant association, said the order to sell only takeout food will put 450,000 waiters, dishwashers and other staff out of work, increasing economic pressure that could push Mexico over the edge. (Read a story of how travel...