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...because of its controversial views on a range of topics from anti-depressants to extraterrestrials. Some, however, for the very same reasons, may be curious. For those daring enough to approach them, the Scientology solicitors are more than willing to talk and even claim to be able to help combat some of that second semester stress.Adam N. Sternthal ’08, was indeed intrigued and decided to approach the group. “They have this meter: you put your hands on it and it starts jumping around,” he explains. “They?...
...expectations of high-stakes combat at Thursday's Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas, the most riveting engagement of the night came at the very end-when Hillary Clinton turned to her opponent and shook his hand. "I am honored to be here with Barack Obama. I am absolutely honored," she said. "Whatever happens, we're going to be fine. You know, we have strong support from our families and our friends. I just hope that we'll be able to say the same thing about the American people, and that's what this election should be about." The Democratic...
...approach. Dr. Cosmo Hallstrom, a fellow at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London, says hallucinations are usually symptoms of illness, particularly schizophrenia. He says that people who need psychiatric treatment don't always know it, and worries that support groups like HVN could impede efforts to "combat the scourge of mental illness." Still, he adds that "more than one approach may be valid" and that the real danger may not be hearing voices, but hearing them without some form of support - psychiatric or otherwise...
...Europe. With the election of younger, muscular Atlanticists such as Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, debate on security matters is moving beyond the peaceful pieties of the post-war generation to a recognition that the world really can be a dangerous place, and that sometimes the only way to combat that danger is by force. "Domestic politics has enslaved foreign policy to the point where it is endangering Germany's alliances," says Jan Techau, of the German Council on Foreign Relations. "German political élites need to speak about repositioning foreign policy. Germans will understand. They are not stupid...
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