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Could the world be home to a new theocracy? Starting last month, in a tropical country of 65 million, thousands of faithful, many dressed in religious garb, have marched the capital's streets demanding that the draft of the new constitution currently being debated enshrine their beliefs as the state faith. In our era of sectarian strife, many of us shudder at the prospect of another nation blending church and state. Look what happened in Iran and Afghanistan, we think, or what might have occurred if former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke had reigned supreme in America. Yet the marches...
...voting Faculty members—at yesterday’s meeting left at least one professor wondering about the aims of yesterday’s discussion. “Sometimes composers write music with an instrument in mind,” Professor of History Peter E. Gordon, who helped draft the legislation, said. “I feel like I’m doing that, imagining a tune that will never get played.” —Staff Writer Johannah S. Cornblatt can be reached at jcorbl@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff Writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached...
...million pages available,” Edwards said. The concept behind the EOL resembles that of WikiSpecies, an existing taxonomy database administered by the Wikimedia Foundation, which also runs the open-source database Wikipedia. However, unlike WikiSpecies, the new encyclopedia will be peer-reviewed by experts, according to a draft description of the EOL. According to Edwards, specially designed software will aggregate information from existing Web sites and databases to create a new draft species entry. Scientists will review those entries before they are posted on the EOL website, but they will not be paid for the service...
Farbotko was first notified of the Colts' interest during the NFL draft, when the club offered him a tryout, beginning last Thursday, that included meetings, orientations, and physical, drug, and flexibility tests...
Farbotko will join running back Clifton Dawson—who was signed as an undrafted free agent on draft day—in Indianapolis as soon as finals...