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...will meet in Brussels to vote on its ambitious 20-20-20 plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases continent-wide 20% by 2020, while increasing renewable power 20% and reducing overall energy consumption 20%. Many Western European nations like France, which is currently the head of the E.U., favor the measure, but newer, poorer countries like Poland - and big industrial powers like Germany - are doubtful. If the E.U. can't present a unified front at Brussels, it won't be able to do so in Poznan. "You can see the U.S. and China moving [on climate change]," said Nicholas...
...come together to see a new common destiny,” McCarthy said. McCarthy said that LGBT activists may feel that the election of Barack Obama was a “blow” to their cause, as the president-elect has said publicly that he is not in favor of same-sex marriage. However, McCarthy said he believes that Obama “personally supports” the legalization of gay marriage and that his election was a step forward. Although McCarthy said he finds it “troubling” that a very slim majority wields...
...Businesses and analogous enterprises like government do right to favor candidates with proven abilities to succeed in challenging and competitive environments, and no doubt a proven track record of success at an elite university speaks highly of its holder. Education, however, traditionally has been conceived as its own end, the pursuit of truth and the acquisition of virtue—good in and of itself. Meritocrats inevitably see education as a means to an end, some merely instrumental good. Therefore, an excessive reliance on meritocracy at the cost of, say, strength of character or capacity for virtue, would seem...
Hoffman said that while he may have put his research on hold in favor of his teaching, he said the vast knowledge he has accumulated over the years is largely a result of just that choice...
...generation to understand 20 years out, but now is a particularly good time to start taking stock of these things and the legacy of the Cold War.” This production of “Chess” forgoes flashy costumes and big dance numbers in favor of a more humanizing view of the characters, making the themes of the musical more resonant. “[‘Chess’ is] much more about the music and the issues, not the spectacle,” says production manager Jenny D. Wanger ’09. The space...