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...topics unite more disciplines than energy policy, and few are as critically important. Finding and managing sustainable and green energy sources is one of humanity’s most crucial challenges, and one that will only grow more immense with time...
...offshore oil production—a project that will open up a new stream of revenue for the Sudanese government, which spends 70 percent of its oil earnings on the country’s armed forces. According to a 2005 Harvard report, oil exports are “a crucial source of revenue for the Sudanese government, essential to the government’s capacity to fund military operations.” In the past four years, those military operations have targeted innocent villagers in the Darfur region, directly and indirectly causing more than 200,000 deaths, according...
...It’s a tough time for journalism,” she said in the 2007 Theodore H. White Lecture. “But I don’t worry too much about journalism’s future.” Political reporters take on the crucial task of creating a narrative that gives Americans a clearer sense of how well the government is doing its job, she said, and the importance of that charge will not wane, even as new forms of delivery emerge. “At a time when journalism is considered an endangered species...
...Against the backdrop of crucial parliamentary elections in 2008 and his presidential reelection bid in 2009, Ahmadinejad is now seeking a greater leadership role in nuclear decision-making, which is controlled by the regime's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Last week, Ahmadinejad accepted the resignation of Ali Larijani, the pragmatic conservative chief negotiator who is a bitter political rival to the President. Although all Iranian leaders defend their right to uranium-enrichment technology for purposes of producing nuclear energy, Larijani believes it is in Iran's national interests to reach an understanding with the West. But on at least...
...Ives broke the eighteen-minute barrier for the first time in their careers. The rookies led their team to a first-place finish at the meet. “Training-wise, a lot of us have improved this year,” Olson said. That improvement will be crucial over the next two races, as Harvard will compete in its most critical meets of the season, Heptagonals tomorrow and NCAA Regionals on Nov. 10. “No matter what the outcome of the next two races is, this season can be nothing short of successful,” Saretsky...