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...moment, so we should all be prepared.” At the same time, videos were made by various military agencies showing the structural impact of nuclear bomb blasts; these movies suggest that ducking and covering would not, in fact, have been a very effective technique.What lessons we might draw from clips like these is a question beyond the scope of this column, but it’s interesting to consider that, thanks to the collaborative efforts of a few large companies and nonprofit organizations, these clips and similar historical records are increasingly available on the Internet in digital form.Almost...
Some veteran Jewish leaders draw inspiration from the new groups. "They're a reminder that we need to welcome unconventional approaches to Jewish life," says Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Niles Goldstein, a co-founder of the New Shul, a progressive Manhattan congregation, occasionally leads outdoor prayer sessions. "Who wants to sit against hard-backed pews?" says Goldstein. "I'd much rather sit up against a tree...
...fears that should it be one of the few well-publicized parties, it will be overburdened relative to the rest. This collective action problem will only be solved when all parties are equally well-publicized. Only then will attendance naturally equilibrate to the point at which the most students draw benefit from them. More fundamentally, public parties thrown with public money should be crowded. Hosts and their friends should learn to enjoy their parties in the midst of “random freshmen.” If not to the Currier Ten Man, where is a freshman to go? That...
...people who once lived in New Orleans, only 144,000 have returned. The hope behind the new scheme is that the combination of more money and clearer formulas for distributing it will create real incentives to draw people back. "The last two weeks have been more than encouraging. They've been awesome," says Walter Isaacson, a former managing editor of TIME who is vice chairman of the Governor's Louisiana Recovery Authority, which holds the purse strings for all federal recovery funds. "There's more money, and most importantly, there's a plan...
...another compelling reason some members might seize an opportunity to put distance between themselves and Bush. Nine of the 10 most endangered House incumbents this fall are Republicans, noted nonpartisan political analyst Stuart Rothenberg in a recent column for the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. Bush remains a big draw for the hard-core Republican faithful, but it was hard not to notice the absence of Ohio Senator Mike DeWine when the President arrived at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport last week to raise $1.1 million for DeWine at a private event in the tony Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill. (DeWine...