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...goes Harvard, so goes the nation—at least if the US Surgeon General has his way. A report issued this week by the Surgeon General lists a number of recommendations that colleges should adopt to curb underage drinking, but Harvard already has many of the programs in place. The report called on schools to limit alcohol sales at sporting events, educate students on the effects of alcohol, forge community partnerships, and encourage alcohol-free social events. Harvard, unlike many other colleges, currently has programs and alcohol policies in place that incorporate the suggested strategies, according to Director...
...neighbors. As a young legislator, Abe had pushed for a reexamination of Japan's expressions of guilt over its actions in World War II, and had called for changes in Japanese textbooks on the war. But during his first few months in office, Abe confounded critics by appearing to curb some of his earlier conservative inclinations. He moved to repair relations with China and South Korea, which had been damaged by his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine where Japan's World War II military leaders are commemorated. Abe quickly earned a reputation...
...time to start thinking about more solutions is now, and not when Boston Harbor is lapping at the doorstep of Currier House. There are already ideas to curb global warming: regulations to cap carbon dioxide emissions, government investments in renewable energy technologies, and research into scrubbing excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But the results of most curbs will inevitably be the same: restrictions on the way we use energy, or a higher price of its consumption...
...While the United States is mired in a failing attempt to impose democracy in Iraq, other major powers are engaged in blatant pursuit of economic self-interest and nationalism. Today, the U.S possesses too little economic or political leverage to curb this trend. China is our greatest creditor—they finance the national debt. And at least for the foreseeable future, we will be forced to rely on the natural resources of countries with, at the very least, un-democratic governments, including Russia. This may indicate the slow demise of the ideals of Western democracies as the point...
...city’s unique penchant for enacting stifling regulation. Worse, officials seem incapable of validating the drastic action taken, and ambiguity abounds. Patricia A. Malone, the city’s director of consumer affairs and licensing, issued the mandate, labeled “temporary,” to curb a purported surge in violence at nightclubs, the nature of which has yet to be disclosed to the public. Malone argued the directive was a necessity for public safety and that “instead of being reactive, which the city sometimes seems to be, we chose to be proactive...