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...week on, and the mood is changing in districts like Tebbaneh, a poor slum-like quarter in Tripoli long receptive to the clarion call of Islamic extremism. Television footage of seemingly indiscriminate army shelling of the Nahr al-Bared camp, home to 40,000 people, and a crackdown against Islamists in Tripoli have soured sympathy for the government's bid to eradicate Fatah al-Islam...
...global leadership and public policy at the Kennedy School of Government and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Problem From Hell.” “[The film] pulls all findings of all investigations together with the best evidence to constitute a clarion call for a 9-11-style investigation,” Power said. “The fact that we are almost three years from the scandal and still don’t know where the buck stops,” she added, “is an abomination...
...week about a struggling student who grew into a model principal--and about her own commitment to community service. She comes by that commitment naturally. She begins her column by citing her father's inspiring call more than 40 years ago for all Americans to embrace public service. That clarion call motivated a generation of Americans. When she is not producing best-selling books on topics ranging from civil rights to poetry, Kennedy devotes much of her time to community service and New York City's public schools. In the coming months, she will write a series of columns about...
...journey. Though “Ein Heldenleben” has been criticized for its over-inflated and self-indulgent rhapsodic qualities, it was an apt and satisfying finale to the concert.The first movement, “The Hero,” featured a soaring trumpet’s clarion call led brilliantly by the HRO trumpeters, among them president Finne. The following movement, “The Hero’s Adversaries,” was a quieter and more capricious piece showcasing the woodwinds. “The Hero’s Companion,” the third portion...
...departments in the 19th century. More recently, British firms lobbied hard for better funding of flood defenses as part of its campaign to be able to keep offering flood insurance. Earlier this year, Lloyds of London issued a report titled "Adapt or Bust," which served as an industry-wide clarion call. "The insurance industry must now seize the opportunity to make a difference," it stated, "not just to the future of our own industry, but to the future of society." On Oct. 31, Lloyds issued a follow-up that emphasized the need to encourage renewable energy technology, and appealed...