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...response to citizens?? comments, she said she has been trying, though unsuccessfully, to attract a grocery store into the Square...
...Soviet perceptions and behaviors are pervasive in Russian society. In a way, the “collapse” of the USSR is a misnomer: many elements of Soviet life still persist. Soviet control affected—and its legacy continues to affect—almost all aspects of citizens?? lives, their business and political relations, ownership of property, perceptions of foreigners (or outsiders), interpretation of foreign governments’ motives, and attitudes to social action. This is particularly true of Russian’s views on public actions. In Soviet times, participation in sanctioned public activities...
...myopic at best and provincial at worst. Yet Harvard’s course catalog continues to feature a grand total of zero courses in the subject. If Harvard is to have any sort of meaningful core curriculum—one which must aim to create informed, global citizens??then the inclusion of a survey course in world geography is absolutely essential. Take Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, for example. All freshmen must either pass a very difficult placement exam or take the pass-fail introductory geography course, “Map of the Modern World...
...exchanged. The cause of last weekend’s concert—to raise awareness of human rights issues in Iran—is an important and worthy one. Currently, the Iranian government is a system that ascribes to the use of torture for political gain and significantly limits citizens?? rights to practice religion freely or hold certain jobs. Last year, four Iranians were publicly hung for engaging in homosexual acts. Women are prevented from holding professional positions of high power. Journalists are locked up for writing articles that are critical of the government. Some of the country?...
...recent months, the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court has grappled with the question of whether HUPD qualifies as a branch of the University or as a state-sanctioned police force.The Constitution’s fourth amendment search-and-seizure clause protects individuals from state actors—and not private citizens??attempting to enter their residences, says HLS Dane Professor of Law Lloyd L. Weinreb.“If the campus police officer is regarded as a private person, then there’s no fourth amendment violation because it protects you against official government conduct...