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...expected a tougher dialogue with the other faith. After the London subway bombings in July 2005, the new Pope responded to the question of whether Islam was a "religion of peace"--as George W. Bush, among others, has always stressed-- by saying, "Certainly there are also elements that can favor peace." When he met with moderate German Muslims in the city of Cologne that August, Benedict delivered a fairly blunt warning that "those who instigate and plan these attacks evidently wish to poison our relations." In Rome, he removed Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, a relatively dovish Islam expert, as head...
...Iranian nation possesses the full nuclear fuel cycle, and time is completely running in our favor in terms of diplomacy...
...where she got her first lessons in politics, from the best teacher anyone could want. When Nancy D'Alesandro was a child, her father used to collect yellow sheets of paper that were stacked and stapled together at the end of each week. They were called the "favor file." That was the way Baltimore's legendary Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.--later known as "Big Tommy," to distinguish him from his namesake son who also became mayor--kept track of who had been given a job or some other benevolence. The record always came in handy at election time. From...
...next several years but also because Michigan has agreed to travel to Lavietes for a game in 2007. In general, teams of the Wolverines’ ilk never deign to visit the homes of lesser-renowned programs—the top dogs are just doing the smaller teams a favor by letting them grace their schedule, the thinking goes, and thus the Harvards of the college basketball universe should be honored just to get the privilege of playing in the major team’s gym. But Michigan, to the Crimson’s pleasant surprise, initiated contact regarding...
While requiring students to speak may terrify some, it is precisely for this reason that Harvard must place a priority on public speaking. By stressing and investing in public speaking, the College will be doing all of its students a huge favor. While such changes may be fairly minor, they will also go a long way toward preparing students for life outside these gates...