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...Today, Mohammed is out of Borg al-Arab, the Egyptian equivalent of Guantanamo Bay, but still being held in a local prison on criminal charges under Emergency Law (the organizers of the protest we attended, by contrast, were recently released). What are the prospects for getting him out anytime soon? Journalists don’t have international licensing or unions, and information doesn’t come with the guarantee that “no journalists were harmed.” How many local fixers have sacrificed themselves for a story, while their employers were cruising home on 747s...
...increase in the standard of living slowed as well, and to about the same extent. The difference between 3 percent and 1-1/2 percent may sound small. But at 3 percent per year, the standard of living would double about every 23 years, or once every generation; by contrast, at 1-1/2 percent, a doubling would occur only roughly every 47 years, or once every other generation...
...achievements, the greatest have been the recognition of the promise and achievements of women, and of multiculturalism. Like all major transformations, they have come at a certain price. In some ways they have deepened the contrast between undergraduate and graduate education—the latter being inevitably more professional—and tempted many to look at the undergraduates as pre-professionals who need to become specialized early, which is a mistake: the laborious exhilaration of learning a profession should not push aside the broadening of the minds and horizons of the undergraduates, which will make them deeper and subtler...
...Class of 1958 had over 150 in their ROTC class, according to Tad J. Oelstrom, a speaker at the event. By contrast, this year’s class had five, a number in keeping with recent classes...
...contrast, Weinberg offered a provocative contribution to the program...