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...putting 100,000 more police officers on the street, the president as well as his adversaries are hoping to address America's social ills. The problem is that in the long run, as we have thus far witnessed, any plan that does not engage the community is bound to fail. As Michael Sandel, a political thinker who teaches government here, contends, good government requires what he calls "successful republican (small r, to be sure!) soulcraft" and involves a gentler kind of tutelage. For example, the political economy of citizenship that informed 19th-century American life sought to cultivate not only...
...only do patients with chronic health problems fail to find relief in a doctor's office, but the endless high-tech scans and tests of modern medicine also often leave them feeling alienated and uncared for. Many seek solace in the offices of alternative therapists and faith healers--to the tune of $30 billion a year, by some estimates. Millions more is spent on best-selling books and tapes by New Age doctors such as Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil and Larry Dossey, who offer an appealing blend of medicine and Eastern-flavored spirituality (see following story...
...world affairs and backing Yeltsin on every issue, are slowly paving the road for Zyuganov's victory. He will appeal to his countrymen's self-esteem and empty pockets, and to what remains of the Soviet totalitarian regime. Who would have thought that the U.S. policy toward communism would fail this way? JUAN CARLOS VELTEN Mexico City...
Unfortunately, Laitin says that his grades dropped when he spent too much time on the water. "I didn't fail freshman year, but it didn't go as well as I hoped...
...recent stories about differences between College officials and the Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc. (PBHA), which ran June 3 and June 4, fail to emphasize the substantial efforts currently underway to reach agreement between the parties. We have offered two compromise proposals to resolve the issues. First, we would grant a partial exception to PBHA to have non-students on its governing board by creating special trustees who would participate fully in deliberations, offer advice on fundraising and fiscal accountability and strengthen institutional memory. We believe that their voice could be an important addition. Second, on staff, the College...