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...Just as it is hard to explain--given rational calculations of cost and benefit, why people vote--it is also hard to understand--with tools of rational choice--why so many people in the world demonstrate ethnic fervor or embrace nationalism," Varshney writes...
...then, that the death penalty fervor hits its height here the very week that Jiang Zemin is to visit Boston. Saturday's speech in Sanders Theatre by the Chinese president, with the massive protests and media invasion sure to accompany it, will be the biggest event at Harvard since the 1995 Dunster murder-suicide. In the context of Jiang's U.S. visit as a whole, it could also make its way into the history books...
...former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief called on Harvard students to fight for nuclear arms reduction with the fervor of Vietnam era protest movements in an exclusive interview with The Crimson yesterday...
...perfect economic conditions have persisted through most of the '90s and led to a uniquely placid period in the market. As a society in love with stocks, we've never quite been here, so no one can be sure what to expect. When pushed, market veterans liken today's fervor to 1929 or 1968, both bull-market peaks. Because of key differences between now and those periods, however, few predict imminent disaster. But it's worth noting that after the '29 crash the S&P 500, excluding dividends, didn't fully recover for 25 years. And the '68 peak...
...group does not take an official position on abortion, but McCartney personally attacks the issue with fervor. "Abortion is a violation of the heart of God," he says. "That's a human life. It's precious to God, created in his image, and potentially that life will carry the very Spirit of God." The view has shown up in the official Promise Keeper News. Its July issue describes the current era as a time of "crisis" for the nation: "The legal undermining of the sanctity of human life, from the preborn to the old and infirm, represents a rejection...