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...Trouble In Haiti The unrest and violence in Haiti [LATIN AMERICA, March 15] seem part of a continuum that has haunted the country for 70 years. Among its most chaotic leaders was Dr. Fran?ois Duvalier, who ruled from 1957 until his death in 1971. We described "Papa Doc's" dictatorship in an Aug. 27, 1965, report...
...street you can justify the extra liberty, but not indoors, where the smaller environment renders the whole device excessive. Admittedly, owning equipment that’s made to boost a hedonistic (as opposed to transcendental, but I’ve been thinking they are on the same continuum) experience renders me a wasteful bohemian. But there is a point...
...course, many supporters of stem-cell research do not consider human embryos to be actual living beings. Rather, they situate embryos at the beginning of a human life continuum that stretches all the way from non-life to viability. In this view, only much later in their development do embryos become creatures worthy of basic justice...
...they grew up at Harvard, they’re sitting in different silos,” he said. “If you looked at comparable places, they run a continuum, and that’s what we’re aiming...
...time you sent you’re friend a funny link to a gay porn site. You’re going to remember that three-hour argument about whether fish actually sleep or that time you got high and talked about the philosophical implications of the space-time continuum in Donnie Darko...