Word: equality
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Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was sure his creation would help bring about the end of war. "When two armies of equal strength can annihilate each other in an instant," he once wrote, "then all civilized nations will retreat and disband their troops." Things didn't quite go according to plan. What has worked out, however, is the annual set of awards, established in 1901, that bear his name. They remain the most prestigious intellectual awards in the world. On Dec. 11, 2009, President Obama will travel to Oslo to accept the 90th Nobel Peace Prize, an honor that...
...filling and tuck it in. Use medium pressure to create a compact tube. Remove the mat from around the roll, press in the loose ends and place it on a cutting board, seam side down. Using a wet, sharp knife, slice the roll in half then into 6 equal pieces. Serve with wasabi, soy sauce and pickled ginger...
...addition to the preferred shares, the Treasury Department is also getting warrants from the banks that give it the right to purchase additional shares of the company equal to 15% of its investment. With a $10 billion investment, then, Treasury gets $10 billion in preferred shares and the right to buy an addition $1.5 billion in additional plain-vanilla stock - the kind regular investors would buy. The twist is that the government can buy those shares at a set price - an average of what the company's stock was trading at during the 20-day period prior to its initial...
...comes to the way the Negro is treated, the only difference between the North and the South is the weather.” Sugrue humanizes the history he tells, using individuals’ narratives to remind us of an important truth: “the struggle for racial equality in the North continues.” The book moves from the early 20th century up to the 1980s, revealing many facets of this fight for equality that aren’t exactly well known, such as the Civil Rights movement’s early associations with Communist and Socialist political...
...enhances the film’s plot, but also reminds the viewer of the story’s reality. Sean Penn fully embodies Harvey Milk. Penn’s performance is a full and nuanced tribute to his character, and his approach to Milk’s sexuality is equally and appropriately nuanced. Penn proves his versatility as an actor capable of playing both internally tortured characters—like Jimmy Markum in “Mystic River”—and open, unguarded idealists like Milk.Throughout the film, Van Sant uses opera, a passion of Milk?...