Word: citizens
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...situation in Zimbabwe is horrible. It's insane to be in a country where you cannot exercise your human right as a citizen, where you have a President who sees and rules a country as if it were his private property. Mugabe is nothing but a dictator, and it's pathetic that nobody can openly oppose him. My heart goes out to the good people of Zimbabwe. Other African leaders need to come together and find a way to help Zimbabweans and their beloved country. Mugabe should be made to pay for his atrocities. Agbonma Nzerue, Abuja, Nigeria...
...resign as head of the World Bank, a new Washington parlor game has emerged: Who's the next top banker? Some names: former Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani, top right, who would be the first-ever non-U.S. bank chief; Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer (a U.S. citizen), middle; and former U.S. Trade Rep Robert Zoellick. One candidate from 2005, when Wolfowitz got the job, who hasn't gotten much traction this go-round: ex--HP CEO Carly Fiorina...
...What can the average American citizen do to solve the crisis in the Middle East...
...founders of Jamestown underwent severe testing; their survival was continually at risk. But Jamestown endured and gave America if not a perfect start, certainly a legacy of self-reliance sufficient to build upon and establish a system of citizen participation in government...
...most prudent proposal for general education is in fact a simple distribution requirement. Let us jettison the passé “modes of inquiry” bequeathed to us by the Core, as well as the now-rendered-meaningless avant-garde “global” citizen General Education proposal. Instead, the Faculty should institute a few broad categories in which all general education requirements can subsist. Notably, some faculty members rejected such a system when the original committees charged with conducting a review of Harvard’s general education system proposed it over a year...