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...Though globalization has seemed to bring common good to all, there’s a need to establish a legal framework that has potential for the development of democracy and removal of authoritarianism in the developing world,” she said...
Robert E. Rubin ’60, member of the Harvard Corporation and director, chair of the executive committee and member of the office of the chairman of Citigroup Inc. He was Secretary of the Treasury from 1995–1999. This may not fit into the framework of your question, but I would say that I don’t think anybody knows anything for certain. Once you recognize the principle of uncertainty, you’ve passed the threshold through which decisions can be made. So if by “What don’t you know...
...mother of all the issues falling in the moral- versus intellectual-political framework is the “living wage.” Left-wingers think that Harvard has the money to pay its workers $10.50 an hour (or whatever the wage du jour is) so it therefore has the moral responsibility to do so. And by merit of having coined the term that is the issue of the debate, liberals have set up a rhetorical conundrum for those who oppose it. To be opposed to the “living wage” would logically suggest one supports...
...also responded extremely well to student interest in security studies. President Lawrence H. Summers met with the leadership of CSS and, consistent with his many public statements on the subject, spoke of the great need to deal with issues stemming from the war on terrorism within the existing academic framework. Summers has repeatedly spoken of the unique leadership role Harvard plays in America and so he has sought to strengthen the standing of students who wish to serve their country in the military. Recently, the CSS worked with Brian R. Smith ’02, who successfully lobbied the Reserve...
...advance on Rush is that Martin's voice is tethered to some terrific music. Parachutes was full of floating guitars and twinkling pianos that laid the framework for a Coldplay sound--a sound that got a little boring over the course of an album. Rush still hovers more than it grinds, but the group is now unafraid of the occasional tempo shift, and on some songs drummer Will Champion even trades in his brushes for real live drumsticks! The result, on standout tracks Politik and Clocks, is a low-adrenaline kick from the music and high romance from Martin...