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...capital. Some audience members, including Kurt L. Sonntag, a Kennedy School national security fellow who has spent time in Afghanistan and Pakistan, disagreed with where Rashid placed blame for the Taliban’s rise. “Some of the premises that the U.S. is at fault are not quite correct,” Sonntag said. “But there needs to be an international solution, so everything he said bears looking at.” Timothy F. Krysiek, a Cambridge energy consultant who attended the lecture, found that Rashid’s insight was important but unavailable...
Recession Redux It is too simplistic to blame greed for the financial mess [Sept. 29]. The fault is a broader human trait: the reluctance or inability to consider the downside of a situation that has so many attractive features. The financial products at issue were profitable, and people were getting houses. Any problems that arose would be taken care of tomorrow. Wonderful invention, tomorrow! Kenneth Viste, Boise, Idaho...
...pointed public - but mostly private - acts of diplomacy to try to prevent what turned into the slaughter of 6 million European Jews. He cited Pius' 1942 Christmas radio message. "With a voice broken with emotion, he deplored the situation of 'hundreds of thousands of persons who, for no fault of their own, only for reason of nationality or ethnic roots, were destined for death or for steady deterioration,' " Benedict said...
...simplistic to blame greed for the financial mess. The fault is a broader human trait: the reluctance or inability to consider the downside of a situation that has so many attractive features. The financial products at issue were profitable, and people were getting houses. Any problems that arose would be taken care of tomorrow. Wonderful invention, tomorrow! Kenneth Viste, BOISE, IDAHO...
...they don’t get enough credit ever,” Pizzotti said. In fact, the starting linemen for the Crimson have only given up one sack so far this year on 117 total pass attempts. “Today we had one sack, which was my fault because I held onto the ball too long,” Pizzotti added. “So those guys opened up holes and protected them and did a great job.” But the success did not come overnight. The line spent the entire off-season and summer working...