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...prosecutors in the Google case, however, said the verdict highlights the fact that certain values should endure regardless of technological innovation. "We are very satisfied, because by means of this trial we have posed a serious problem: that is to say, the protection of human beings, which must prevail over corporate interests," they said in a statement. Marco Bardazzi, a senior editor at the Torino daily La Stampa and co-author of a recent book about the Internet revolution, said the Italian case could mark a symbolic crossroads for Google, which was founded with the mission statement...
What seems to be a complex web of interconnected and interdependent relationships in fact already exists in the form of globalization. The only difference is that, with globalization, activity at the microscopic level can have macroscopic ramifications if left unchecked. President Obama should emphasize increased globalization. By making people more interdependent and creating more linked fate communities across the globe, greed and excess on the part of bankers, laxity in regulation by governments, and poor financial decisions on the part of home buyers will be disincentivized, as individual interests will be secondary to group interests. The world as we know...
...those who doubt America’s leadership, its political system, or its economy, there is one fact that is not up for debate: Americans are charitable people. Even during the worst economic climate since the Great Depression, U.S. chartable giving exceeded 300 billion dollars. We have seen this charitable spirit at Harvard; following the 7.0 earthquake that has devastated Haiti, Harvard students, in cooperation with the Office of the President, Harvard College Dean’s Office, and the Office of Fine Arts, established Harvard for Haiti, an organization which has raised just over 23,000 dollars...
...original version of the Feb. 25 news article "Lamont Opens New Multimedia Lab" incorrectly stated that Lamont Library's multimedia lab will be accessible five days of the week for all undergraduates. In fact, the lab will be accessible whenever Lamont is open, every day of the week...
...boundaries," he declared in a barely veiled reference to the opposition. None of the leaders of the reformist opposition - Ahmadinejad's two rivals in the polls, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, and former President Mohammed Khatami - have called for the abolition of the republic. They have in fact framed their protests as part of the legacy of the Islamic revolution's founding father, the late Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini...