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...greatest buying opportunity comes on Dec. 18, when Sotheby's auctions off what it calls "the birth certificate of freedom": the Magna Carta (above), one of 17 originals that still exist and the only one in private hands. Signed by England's King John at Runnymede in 1215 to appease his rebellious barons, the charter was revised over the years until the 1297 version became the foundation of English liberties. When Texas billionaire Ross Perot managed to buy one privately in 1984 for $1.5 million, he lent it to the National Archives so it could lie beside its democratic descendants...
...downside to excessive heroin use—possible death—is a powerful disincentive to tempting overdose. Comparing death to a possible speeding ticket simply makes no sense. But regardless of the possible perverse side effects, programs to distribute naloxone at needle exchanges—which already exist in cities such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, as well as several states—save lives. That basic concern for life should supersede any concerns about drug use or policy...
...note that there's still such a thing as a perfectly distinct French culture, whose decline is to be mourned and struggled against, and whose resurrection is to be sought with great fervor. One can assume that the presence of this immortal French culture means that there also still exist strong Italian, Spanish, Romanian and English cultures. So why do the media refer to African culture but hardly ever to Nigerian culture, distinct from Kenyan or Algerian culture, for instance? Perhaps it's easier to focus on the lowest common denominator of the African experience than on the unique cultural...
...think there was ever a white person who had visited them,” Stenson said. She spent four nights living with his family during which time schoolchildren would stop by on their morning commute to see her and shake her hand, wanting proof that she did in fact exist. Stenson said her senior project, the equivalent of a senior thesis for engineering science concentrators, came from her experience traveling in South Africa. She is currently designing a chimney for thatched-roof huts that would provide heat and reduce the indoor air pollution that results from using wood fires...
...album was equally fulfilling. “Memoirs of an Immigrant” is supposed to speak to the whole world. We’re all immigrants, all refugees, and Wyclef wants us all to get along. Unfortunately, he also wants every single genre of music to co-exist on each of the album’s tracks. Social warrior though he may be, Wyclef can’t quite make it happen. His poignant frustration with the state of the world leads to touching insight at times, but it gets lost in the frantic cultural sampling...