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...probably one of the few fortunate people, traveling frequently between rural Guatemala and the hallowed halls of Harvard, that is lucky enough to be reminded of the top and bottom of that pyramid. What scares me the most is that rural Guatemala is actually middle class in comparison with the world, so I have yet to even begin to comprehend the global pyramid of destruction. At Harvard we are on top of that pyramid and we’re leaving billions behind...
...Henchel von Donnersmarck. Those German journalists sure are nationalistic! I repress the urge to stand and declare, "I am a jelly donut." Someone asks a question comparing Dick Cheney to the KGB. The director wisely points out that said journalist would be killed for asking that question were the comparison really...
...Andrews' Bauckham defends his probabilities, noting that Jacobovici was comparing his name-cluster to the rather small sampling of names known to have been found on bone boxes, while his own basis for comparison, which adds names from contemporary literature and other sources, makes the combo far less unusual...
...According to Olson, the intelligent designers are gaining ground not because their arguments are more compelling, but because they have catch phrases to back them up. The scientific community, on the other hand, struggles to be comprehensible putting themselves at risk of following the dodo into extinction.The most obvious comparison for Olson’s work is to that of another laid-back Midwestern documentarian, Michael Moore. Olson says he welcomes the overlap—to a certain extent.“I have admiration for [Moore], but there’s no persuasion,” Olson said...
...Republicans also could gain. By comparison to the Democrats in Iowa, the GOP has seemed dispirited. But, says Isaiah McGee, 27, a Republican who is vice-president of the African-American Business Associaiton of Des Moines, "Anytime you see a lack of unity from the other side, there is a benefit for the opposite party...