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...word of advice: Yale, next time you want to do something to distract from the pain of losing to the mighty Crimson, just give up in the first place and save everyone the trouble...
...should not let high-minded democratic principles distract us from the most troubling aspect of the Global Gag Rule—its injurious effects on the health of some of the world’s poorest. In September, a coalition of reproductive health groups released a report on the Global Gag Rule that detailed a litany of outrageous stories. The report found that the Global Gag Rule ignores the realities of developing country health systems. In the U.S. we usually have a number of health service providers serving the diverse needs of a given community. But many poor communities...
...guiding principles. The College Board is right to be concerned about performance gaps among different demographic groups, but making the SAT more of an achievement test than a so-called aptitude test may exacerbate the problem. Changing the test to produce socially desirable results can distract attention from a greater problem: unequal access to excellence in education. Until the nation's schools begin providing equal education to all, affordable, effective test preparation may be students' best shot at leveling the academic playing field. BENJAMIN PARIS DIRECTOR, TEST PREPARATION PETERSON'S Lawrenceville...
...quibbling over the size of the cage or the number of “enrichments” provided to captive primates, animal experimenters at Harvard Medical School (HMS) distract attention away from their inability to justify actions that, if conducted outside of the laboratory, would constitute animal cruelty (News, “Harvard Said to Mistreat Its Monkeys,” Nov. 6). As Alice Walker said, “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites, or women created...
...says Arafat would be easily reelected, despite considerable hostility among his own constituents to the corruption and ineptitude of his regime. Moreover, the suggestion that the only thing standing between the Palestinians and their freedom is Yasser Arafat is taken, in the Arab world, as an Orwellian attempt to distract attention from the reluctance of the Bush administration to restrain Ariel Sharon's creeping annexation of an ever-growing portion of the West Bank...