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...cannot give an open-ended humanitarian commitment to the world," he said. "It's much better deal with the 32 ethnic wars going on in the world right now in a multilateral context. That means more...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: At Tufts, Bradley Criticiques Gore on Russia | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...right-of-center American Enterprise Institute, where he is a resident scholar. But while he is enamored with Ornish's approach--and devours studies of medical breakthroughs that show, among other things, that rabbits that are regularly stroked have less plaque in their arteries--he puts them in the context of policy. He argues, for example, that the government and private insurers could save untold billions on unnecessary heart surgery. And he doesn't stop there. "General Motors ought to be saying to every [employee] that they cover, 'If you decide you need a heart transplant, you ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newt Gingrich: The Health Nut | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...trade." It's a world of expertise in which kids can revel, free from parents who don't understand the rules. Pratola says the marketers have taken huge advantage of this developmental niche among children, but she spreads the blame around. "You have to look at it in the context of our culture. We are all obsessed with acquiring things, and we can't expect our children to rise above our culture." She adds, "Children will always grab onto fads, but parents are helping to feed this artificial economy." Parents often feel the only thing they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Children Play with Monsters? | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...program is special because [the Weissmans] encourage you to do things outside of your academic field in a new context," Waters says. "There's an enormous difference between what you learn from [Stone Professor of International Trade] Jeffrey D. Sachs ['76] and what you learn that these organizations are actually doing on the ground...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weissmans World | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...weekly political gossip show. The problems began when the channel's executives wouldn't allow him to show a photo of a fetus receiving surgery. Drudge says the graphic photo was meant to buttress his pro-life stance, but the channel heads felt it was being used out of context. When Drudge missed his show in protest, he was handed his walking papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Goes the Drudge | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

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