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...filled but flawed new feature, religion serves only to provide a respectable front for the depraved or to highlight its golly-gee practitioners' cluelessness. But that's not the main thrust: In this noir comedy, lust, greed, jealousy, betrayal and just generally people's worst sides stand in mocking contrast to any form of decency (i.e. gullibility...
...situation because that's the one factor that's very much under its control," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. It would be disastrous to the NATO cause if the alliance were to come across as not even capable of dealing with the refugee problem. And so, in contrast with their relative reticence over the military campaign, says Branegan, "NATO briefers are always more than happy to talk about what's being done to help the refugees...
...contrast, the reaction to the selection of Federal Reserve Board Chair Alan Greenspan to speak at this June's Commencement has been rather quiet. None of my fellow seniors seems terribly upset by Greenspan's selection. No one denies that Greenspan is one of the most powerful people in the world today. (In a previous column, I compared his influence to that of International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, well before Greenspan's selection was announced.) But no one seems terribly excited to hear Greenspan either. This is worrisome, given that the audience at the address-technically separate from...
...economic policymaker, whose popularity is fickle and whose accomplishments, like those of most politicians, are not likely to stand the test of time. Would an economist have been selected 10 years ago, shortly after Black Monday and on the eve of a major recession? I doubt it. By contrast, Ralph Ellison (Commencement speaker in 1974) will always be a great novelist, Oscar Arias (speaker in 1988) will always be a crusader for peace and Colin Powell (speaker in 1993) will always be a military hero...
...members itself, seeking out talented alumni and friends of the University to approach with the awesome possibility of fellowship. They are self-perpetuating, insulated from outside pressure not only from the students and the public at large, but even from any groundswell in the alumni body, in contrast with the overseers, who are elected by the alumni at large. In short, if they are going to change, they are going to have to want to change themselves...