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...Sciences—the proposed name change to “The Committee on the Study of Ethnicity, Migration, Indigeneity, and Human Rights” would address the numerous academic dimensions that may not be fully represented under the current title. “This new name will better reflect the intellectual work that’s being done in these areas—very exciting work, I might add,” said committee member Deborah D. Foster about the four focus areas featured in the proposed moniker. Unlike the outdated name currently used, the new title would take...
...Sinn Féin was “first and foremost an Irish republican party,” dedicated to “citizen’s rights, equality, freedom from British rule, and harmonious working relationships.” “We’re in a better place than we were 15 years ago,” Adams said. In reaction to a recent spate of violence in Northern Ireland, Adams advocated a “political alternative to war, a peaceful way to move forward.” “It was interesting to hear...
...yelled at us,” Menand said. “He felt that we could do better, and this was not up to Harvard’s standards...
...gospel in this information age that Benedict, for better or worse, should have learned by now: inflammatory rhetoric begets inflammatory rhetoric. What is less clear is whether this and the other recent firestorms he has sparked make the Pope more or less relevant to the citizens of the world - and to members of his own flock...
...structure of Russia's armed forces is totally abnormal," says Alexander Golts, an independent military analyst. "We have one officer for every two privates." The overall numbers of the armed forces will drop from 1.13 million to 1 million. The remaining soldiers, the reasoning goes, will have access to better and more up-to-date equipment. Supply and command problems were clearly evident in last August's Georgia war. There was a lack of coordination between air and ground forces as well as mismanagement of equipment. One famous anecdote from the war had a general borrowing a mobile phone from...