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What unites Beck's disparate themes is a sense of siege. On March 13, he served up a kind of fear combo platter - war, chaos, totalitarianism, financial ruin - with the 9/12 Project, a tearful call to viewers to rediscover the common purpose they felt after 9/11. In 2001, that common purpose involved cable-news talkers' dialing down the us-vs.-them shtick for a day or two; now Beck urged viewers to reject the notion that "they" have all the power. "They don't surround us," he declared. "We surround them...
...House life that students have complained about extensively, and their inclusion indicates that the planning process is responsive to student concerns. Notably, the report addresses the lack of social spaces within Houses. It notes that dining halls should not be the only place to hold large functions nor Junior Common Rooms the only student “hangout” space in a House. Any student who is tired of bumping into soda machines on Saturday nights or has attempted and failed to book one of the overscheduled JCRs for an activity will no doubt appreciate this. Aside from social...
...Finally, it appears that some of the report’s recommendations can be implemented now. Improvements such as restructuring the Senior Common Rooms or changing the roles of House tutors are good ideas, and they don’t require any walls to be knocked down. Moreover, if such bureaucratic adjustments are made before the Houses are renewed, it will make the transition process from old House to new House more stable. Redesigning the House life experience should not be artificially confined by a building schedule. We hope to see the report’s suggestions put in place...
...associate professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at HSPH and HSDM with international public health policy experience in the World Health Organization, also underscored the importance of the study’s potential impact on the role of dentists. Since periodontal disease is one of the most common dental diseases and since obesity has become a global epidemic, “if we can understand the mechanism linking the two, we can potentially affect the prevention of periodontal disease and management,” Zavras said. “This is a great starting point...
...Finding common ground," "building bridges" and "coming together" - these are the by now familiar-sounding terms of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy. On a two-day visit to Turkey, a mainly Muslim country deeply divided over the role of Islam in politics, expanding democratic rights and enacting European Union reforms, the President showed how it's done. From minority Christian leaders and Muslim mufti to Kurdish politicians and right-wing nationalists, Obama met with vastly disparate sections of Turkish society and managed to earn back at least some of the goodwill lost in recent years...