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...ordinary citizen visiting the court on an oral-argument day is likely to feel as though she has wandered into a Vatican conference room filled with adepts in Augustinian theology debating arcane questions in hurried Latin. The Justices are scarlet-capped cardinals; the law clerks are the brilliant new seminary graduates, their razor minds undulled by actual experience; the lawyers at the dais are the theologians commissioned to assist in plumbing the sacred texts...
...edgy Arab football team wins the Israeli national cup in “Hardball.” The Boston Palestine Film Festival will become a yearly phenomenon, according to its organizers—no matter how controversial its films may be.As Roy Cohen ’10, an Israeli citizen, says, “I am very happy that some of the films are shown in Coolidge Corner Movie Theatre, as it is located in the center of one of the biggest Jewish communities in the Boston area. This is, to me, a symbol of hope…I hope...
...teacher at the aforementioned school. He was born in Britain, lived most of his life in South America, and had become a nationalized citizen of Korea. He spoke like a rabbi, answering my questions about his life story with more questions (“How does anyone end up anywhere?”). He wore his yarmulke proudly amongst people who did not understand it. And to me, he was like some strange hallucination...
...senior official in the U.S. government whose specific purpose would be to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands. “Nuclear terrorism is a tremendously important problem that needs urgent attention and this report is one of the best sources that any policymaker or interested citizen can consult to learn about the problem,” said Martin Malin, the executive director for “Managing the Atom...
...Burma's Persistent Problems Thank you for reporting on Burma and helping to make the world aware of the country's problems [Sept. 17]. As good as your article was, there is no way to fully describe to the world the difficult circumstances under which the average Burmese citizen lives. I lived in Rangoon with my family in the late '70s and early '80s, so I know how bad the situation was then, and I realize it has gotten much worse since. Even though we left Burma almost 25 years ago, our hearts are still there. Sally Nance, Franklin, Tennessee