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...suppress the fledgling Philippine republic in 1898, said he had prayerfully searched his soul before deciding it was his duty to "civilize and Christianize" the Filipinos. Theodore Roosevelt, who encouraged an insurrection in the Colombian province of Panama so that he could build a canal through it, liked to consult with Attorney General Philander Knox about the legality of his various aggressions, but Knox was not the sternest of critics. "Ah, Mr. President," he asked on one occasion, "Why have such a beautiful action marred by any taint of legality?" When Roosevelt yearned to seize the Hawaiian Islands, Admiral Alfred...
...bypassing the defense minister was a sign of his disdain for Peretz, these sources said. Olmert shares the general's disdain for Labor Party leader Peretz, a former trade unionist and neophyte in security matters. The prime minister pointedly declared before choosing a new military chief, he would consult with retired and active generals - not with his defense minister...
Undergraduates will not be the secondary cares of Harvard’s administration and professors. The next president must consider student needs and consult their vision for their community. Students have been active in the community, improving Harvard’s reputation as a good neighbor. Similarly, the president must not weigh Harvard’s global prestige before its responsibility to its community, both in and outside its walls...
...member ethics committee of Seattle Children's Hospital, "it took time to get past the initial response--Wow, this is bizarre--and think seriously about the reasons for the parents' request," says Diekema, who chairs the bioethics committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics and was brought in to consult on this case...
...hard one for them, but the same cannot be said for the doctors. "This was something people hadn't thought about being a possibility, much less being done," says Diekema, who chairs the bioethics committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics and was brought in to consult on this case. For the ethics committee of Seattle Children's Hospital, which reviewed the proposed treatment, "it took time to get past the initial response-'wow, this is bizarre'- and think seriously about the reasons for the parents' request," says Diekema...