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...plan, which aims to blanket the city with wireless internet access free of charge, is the brainchild of Cambridge Director of Information Technology Mary Hart, and City Council members Henrietta Davis and Michael Sullivan...
...background of this play is an international concordat, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1968. Despite banning further military atomic programs, a nowadays controversial article allowed for “peaceful uses” of nuclear technology. To many analysts’ concern, this Cold War brainchild has no way to differentiate responsible states from tyrannical failed ones. This year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is the United Nations (UN)-watchdog association that struggles to keep the treaty on stage, regardless of the loopholes...
...better rounded. InstaPundit contains the musings of University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds on war, politics, media, blogging, and technology. The Daily Kos, famous for its role in the Dean Campaign, is a liberal-leaning political blog, as is the group blog The Huffington Post, brainchild of former California gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington. The trouble is that certain issues tend to get magnified by this bunch, and others suppressed. One minor but standout example was pointed out in frustration this past October by Ethan Zuckerman, a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for the Internet...
Students of different races, sexualities, and religions gathered last night in the Mather House Junior Common Room to discuss exclusivity at Harvard. About 25 undergraduates attended “Intersecting Identities: A Town Hall Discussion,” which was the brainchild of Ryan R. Thoreson ’07, co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA). Thoreson said he began planning the event after observing the similarities between different groups on campus that act as umbrellas for other organizations. “There is a history of racism in the queer community, beyond Harvard...
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