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...world a better place. Not all of our heroes could make the event; British football star and freelance style icon David Beckham had to meet with Nelson Mandela in South Africa instead. But it was quite a night. Liam Gallagher of Oasis came by to pick up an award on behalf of the Who's Roger Daltrey, who has helped build eight hospital wards for the U.K.'s Teenage Cancer Trust. (Daltrey made a gracious speech by video from the U.S.) Bono, the Irish rocker who has become a renowned advocate for Africa and debt relief, matched wits with...
...Czech Republic have been grappling with deflation for four straight months. A Wheeze Of Relief Stocks of tobacco companies lit up after a Florida appeals court overturned a $145 billion judgement against them, ruling that the individuals suing were too diverse to join in a single suit. The damage award, on behalf of about 500,000 smokers, was the largest in U.S. history...
...movie, Enter the Matrix wraps its own plot around it. Quidditch World Cup takes an aspect of the Harry Potter movies and turns it into an entire tournament. The latest James Bond outing, Everything or Nothing, isn't even based on a movie but still made use of award-winning screenwriters and actors (Pierce Brosnan and Shannon Elizabeth were cyberscanned into the game...
...Nobel Peace Prize added renown to the Tibetan struggle. The Dalai Lama won the award for his non-violent efforts, which have emphasized peaceful dialogue and reconciliation with China...
Since arriving at Harvard, he has worked with students as a teaching fellow in Government 20, “Introduction to Comparative Politics” and other College government courses, receiving the Derek Bok Award for Teaching Excellence. This semester, he is the head TF for Noam Chomsky’s “Politics, Justice, and Social Change,” a course offered jointly between the Kennedy School...