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...that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith...
...That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries. And despite the costs involved, America's commitment will not weaken. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists. They have killed in many countries. They have killed people of different faiths - more than any other, they have killed Muslims. Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam. The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a person, it is as if he has saved...
...Faust about her plans for the future. “I don’t think you can make short-term decisions without a long-term vision.”While the economic downturn has forced Harvard to reconsider all aspects of its present operations, donors say they have faith that the University’s core initiatives will survive current cost-cutting measures.“I like to think, though I haven’t asked Drew the question directly, that the vision is really little different than what it had been before the financial crisis...
...that what was being planned was a bad thing to do.”While a combination of over-ambition, poor communication, and bad fortune has exacerbated Harvard’s fiscal plight, the University’s top planners, at least, appear to have kept their faith in Summers’ Allston vision. “I think the long-range vision was not originally derived by saying how much money do we have at what point in time,” says Kathy Spiegelman, the University’s chief planner, in a recent interview.And Gordon says...
...that the original assumptions are no longer valid.“Unlike in the physical sciences, where with enough data you can learn what the truth is, in markets the truth is moving around a little bit,” Stein says.In a fundamentally uncertain world, placing too much faith in predictions, no matter how sophisticated, can be a mistake.“[People] think of us as having much better forecasting skills than we really do have,” Merton says.HUMAN ERRORQuantitative techniques may have generated inaccurate predictions, but the final responsibility for the poor decision-making that...