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...Rimsky says this reputation was more of a function of the thin fire doors—which made eavesdropping inevitable—rather than the type of person that chose to live there...
...Disneyland Paris, the average visitor spends ?43 a day, about 20% less than a visitor to the California or Florida parks. Nigel Reed, an analyst at BNP Paribas, says part of that difference is a function of factors like climate - you'll drink more sodas on a hot, sunny Florida day than on a drizzly, gray one in the Paris suburbs. While Euro Disney knows the U.S. isn't necessarily the best predictor of Continental attitudes toward amusement, both analysts and executives say there is room for spending growth...
...proposed new thinking substantially lowers the threshold for launching nuclear strikes - it even calls for a new generation of tactical "bunker-buster" nukes to destroy underground arsenals of biological weapons. Not exactly a doomsday weapon of last resort. And the idea of giving nuclear weapons a more everyday function in military thinking has certainly shocked both America's allies and its adversaries...
These three hot button topics function as a political litmus test. Either you agree with the general liberal stances the majority of Harvard takes on these matters, or you don’t. If you do not agree with the majority opinion—or choose your political party based on matters independent of these three issues—you fall outside of Harvard’s narrowly defined “center...
Those who focus as much on responsibilities as on rights note that "when people adopt children, the agencies that help them must think about the well-being of the child," says Erik Parens, a research associate at the Hastings Center--and that includes the couple's capacity to function as parents. It would be hard for a woman with such a medical history to adopt. But the reproduction business is virtually unregulated and profit driven, with the ethics improvised at best. "There is a need for general oversight," argues Parens, "instead of the free-for-all we now have...