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...guiding principle in the care of an entire community of people rather than as a mantra taught at a better-business seminar. Trivializing student life contributes to an atmosphere of hostility and resentment between the administration and the students—especially when the administration tries to deflect attention from its economics-driven decision to ignore undergrads by pretending its hands are tied by the greed of cable companies...
...because the government is going from house to house looking for us," says Esmatullah. "If they find us, they send us to Kandahar to be questioned by the government and the Americans." He's wearing brown, he says, because he threw away his black turban and shalwar kameez to deflect suspicion...
...Accusations of anti-Semitism have been used effectively for decades to stifle criticism of Israeli policy. The world has been astonishingly silent during decades of Israeli occupation, and many Americans still dare not criticize this policy. When criticisms of Israel are expressed, the charge of anti-Semitism serves to deflect attention from the Israeli governmental actions that prompted the criticisms onto a debate about the morals and motives of the critics. We hope the petition will spark discussion of these issues in the Harvard community, and we invite supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies...
...because the government is going from house to house looking for us," says Esmatullah. "If they find us, they send us to Kandahar to be questioned by the government and the Americans." He's wearing brown, he says, because he threw away his black turban and shalwar kameez to deflect suspicion...
State Republican Party leaders and White House officials have in recent weeks sought to deflect political fallout from the controversy surrounding the collapse of Enron and WorldCom and the rash of high profile earnings restatements. Several have argued that problems with lax oversight began during the Clinton administration, pointing out that many of Enron’s questionable deals occurred during the 1990s...