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...This was brave talk in a society where descendants of slaves had traditionally been admired for their muscles, not their mind. Du Bois' program for broadening education has been well documented, but Lewis demonstrates the extent to which the Old Man fought to make African Americans heirs to their own intellectual and cultural past...
...says Stephen Roach, chief economist for the investment banking firm Morgan Stanley. In his opinion, and that of many other authorities, "the labor market is in the midst of a profound structural transition where we are really moving away from traditional sources of hiring." Into what? A not-very-brave new world in which, even after the recession is a faded memory, no one can be quite sure where the big surge of new jobs will come from...
That was a brave thing to say in a roomful of presidential scholars. But other men and women in the room nodded, a bit rueful. Many Americans feel that way, I believe, because Kennedy passed the great test of democratic leadership: he brought out the best in most of his people most of the time...
Scientists are not without scruples. Stillman and his colleagues deliberately used unviable embryos for their experiment. But they emerged from their cloistered laboratory to find themselves defending their work on "Larry King Live." In this brave new world, we may soon see a time when students of science are required to take not courses in ethics, but in public relations...
...brave souls were willing to defy academicpressure and attend nonetheless. Mary J. Hahn '97was making the trip despite having an exam onMonday...