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...affirmative action policies “forgive” lower levels of “academic success” for underrepresented minorities in college admissions. While this might be a valid explanation for why Asian-Americans are held to higher academic standards than other minorities, it fails to explain why Asian Americans are held to higher academic standards than white students. For example, the editorial even cites how at the University of Michigan, “the median [SAT] test score for Asian students…was 50 points higher than the median score for white students...
...full understanding of his goals: “I need to make a film to know what film I wanted to make. Even when I have finished, I only know a part of what I have done.” Though he said that he cannot entirely explain the phenomenon of success, he credited that of his biggest hit, “To Be and To Have”—filmed in a one-room schoolhouse in Auvergne—in part to the universality of its themes. “We all have been at school...
...takes apart “suitcase-like words” such as “consciousness,” “self,” and “love” and tries to explain what the brain is really doing in everyday situations. “Instead of searching for simple explanations,” Minsky writes, “we need to find more complicated ways to explain our most familiar mental events.” He does just that in “The Emotion Machine...
...juice and tea and ate fried paneer and samosas, while two or three cats slunk around looking for dropped morsels. One reason for the focus on "inclusive growth" is politics, Harsh Khare, Dubai-based vice president of International Container Terminal Services, told me. The previous government had failed to explain how liberalization could help poor people. "Inclusive has to be a keyword or this government knows it will be kicked out too," says Khare...
...suggested Turkey's history and culture put it "in permanent contrast to Europe." Several top Vatican officials have said in recent days that they would welcome Turkey into the E.U. if it met all the requirements that have been set out by Brussels. This opening on Europe may help explain why, after having originally said it was impossible, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyiip Erdogan confirmed Monday that he would in fact meet Benedict on Tuesday afternoon at the Ankara airport, just before the Turkish leader flies off to a NATO summit. Still the most substantial achievements could be made...