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...with Paradise Now, human frailty abounds in Spielberg's movie. The Israeli assassins fumble with their guns and can never quite get their bombs right. They are intent on their mission, but the psychological burden is crushing. And that is the point: this new form of warfare, imposed by Islamist fanatics-and utilized by Iraqi extremists in response to the U.S. invasion-is a sapping wound to a civilized society. The notion that there are heroic sociopaths like Jack Bauer who can carry the fight without severe psychological consequences is a fantasy. The flood of Iraq war veterans showing...
...interview with newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf [Nov. 28], Time asked, "Is there something extra you bring to the job as a woman?" She responded, "Sensitivity to human needs. Maybe that comes from being a mother and interacting with other women, many of whom carry the biggest burden in times of war and peace." Johnson-Sirleaf should know that there are millions of males on the planet who are raising their families and carrying a burden. Our message should not be that one sex is more sensitive than the other. We must lead by example, not meaningless rhetoric...
...angry all right--but at myself and our inability to tell the story, to get the news out that this need not be a burden but instead an adventure. But that anger is much more than made up for by the nobility of these people and their entrepreneurial nature. And then you see what a new medicine can do. Three years ago, the idea that nearly half a million Africans would be on antiretrovirals paid for by the U.S.A. was absolutely preposterous. That more than repays the anger...
...played 10 minutes a game the last couple years and [junior guard] Ko [Yada] has experience as well, so having us come in as opposed to myself a couple years ago, is a big difference.”With Cusworth sidelined, Stehle will once again shoulder most of the burden in the frontcourt. Stehle will be responsible for neutralizing Kyle Chones, the Patriot League’s leading rebounder. Chones enters the game averaging seven points and seven rebounds a contest, but in three games against Ivy schools (Cornell, Dartmouth, and Princeton), he has chipped in an average...
...demand patron information from libraries and other organizations, a capacity that has generated concern in the Harvard community in recent years. With several provisions of the original act due to expire on Dec. 31, the situation in the Senate is tense and uncertain, Associate Professor of Government Barry C. Burden said, especially since Congress has usually adjourned for the holidays by this point in the year. The House of Representatives passed the act last Wednesday, but Friday’s 52-47 vote in the Senate failed to gain the support of 60 senators needed to invoke cloture, which would...