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...Close readers of TIME will remember our Forecast 2001 issue, in which we made educated guesses about the major events and trends for the year. The political context then was a confused U.S. presidential election; the economic context was the collapse of tech stocks. We worried about weak leadership from a minority President, and we wondered if the technology collapse would plunge the world into full-blown recession. We were right about the danger of recession, but wrong about the causes and solutions. It was Osama bin Laden, not George W. Bush, who tipped the balance toward economic slowdown...
...speech at the Harvard Club, Summers’ explained many of his plans for the University, placing his oft-repeated priorities in the context of their international importance...
...world was created by God and displays his glory. But the pleasures of the world are to be enjoyed in moderation and according to certain guidelines. The lust of the flesh, especially, is to be discouraged; sexual relations are intended by the Creator for reproduction alone and in the context of marriage...
...These new developments [in biotechnology] touch the very deepest core of what it means to be a human being. I want to emphasize that in discussing the hot-button issues we want to put these matters in the context of human goods that are precious to defend,” Kass said...
...These new developments [in biotechnology] touch the very deepest core of what it means to be a human being. I want to emphasize that in discussing the hot-button issues we want to put these matters in the context of human goods that are precious to defend,” Kass said...