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...probably never saw Silent Witness race in the flesh, and may not have caught him on TV either. For his home was not the dirt tracks of the U.S. or the impossibly green paddocks of Britain and Ireland, but a splendid racing complex set amid skyscrapers in Hong Kong's Sha Tin New Town. To the folk of Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of China, Silent Witness was a hero; to true followers of the turf, worldwide, a legend. Now, put to pasture, he deserves to be known for who he really...
...That dispute serves as a vivid and contemporary reminder to Germans of how morally complex preventing terrorism can be. In such an environment, there is little room for the emotionalism that has suffused the debate over the RAF. Political scientist Kraushaar says Germany cannot effectively face new risks in the age of fundamentalist Islamic terror without first taming old demons. The best antidote to the ideological poison of terrorism, in short, may not be to confer special punishments on its practitioners, but simply to let the law take its course on a pair of aging murderers...
...Little Book series reminds Paul Argenti, a professor of corporate communication at Dartmouth, of the original self-help blockbuster, The Power of Positive Thinking, published in 1952. Both, he says, are popular for the same reason. "People are looking for very simple answers to relatively complex questions," Argenti says. "I don't think you're going to find it in a little red, gold or black book. But absent a deep dive into the subject or a tutorial with a world-famous practitioner or academic, this is not a bad way to get some instant information into your system." Full...
...environmental protection. “Prince Charles has been a forward-thinker on environmental issues since the 1970s, on issues ranging from sustainable agriculture to climate change,” Gore said, according to published remarks. “I have always been impressed by his ability to understand complex global issues and his deep commitment to solve the pressing issues facing our world.” The award is given annually by the Center for Health and the Global Environment, a division of Harvard Medical School. The center cited the Prince’s public advocacy for environmental causes...
...effort to address the diverse and complex issues of the black community will certainly begin to dispel the myth of the monolith, but it also will spark more questions, conversations, and debate about who our identity and relation to world around us. And these questions gain special significance during this month—Black History Month—when we recommit ourselves to working towards a day when black history, culture, and the black experience(s) are discussed 365 days a year, not just by us, but by everyone in the Harvard community...