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...Ending the cold war was given as a gift to the United States." MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, former President of the Soviet Union, telling reporters on his 75th birthday that despite the great opportunity that the end of the cold war presented to the U.S. to build a safer and more stable world, it only strengthened America's arrogance and unilateralism...
...Perishable Good I agree with Joe Klein's column "Democracy, the Morning After" [Feb. 6], which lashed out at President George W. Bush's "love affair with democracy" and its unintended consequences. Democracy, whether American or God's gift, can't be exported like a product; it requires preconditions. During the cold war, the U.S. created and maintained many ruthless and undemocratic regimes that were eventually overthrown by their citizens. During my graduate work in the U.S. 30 years ago, I read in one of the prescribed political-science texts that the U.S. had no formal foreign policy...
...entry pool of roughly 30 contestants. The music blared, the pieces clacked, and the victors rose as the double-elimination tournament rolled on through the night. Sticky notes for a $10 tab at the Grille went to the first and second runners-up and a $20 Finale gift certificate went to the champion. Though the stakes were high, the victims of the seven-column-by-six-row vertical playing field remained composed in the face of defeat. “I’m not a very good game player—so I pretty much expected to lose going...
...nature get him into Harvard?Somewhere, there are gleaming schemers viciously nodding their heads with barely faded memories of their parents’ fat checkbooks. For this reason, this has to be a big no-no.Granted, Cheek is not making his donation to Larry Summers’ office, and his gift came after he had already heard back from Byerly Hall. Nevertheless—and sad as it may be—a noble heart does not a Harvard man make.For all the generosity a prospective student may have, there has to be something above and beyond this desirable yet insufficient...
...School Dubai Center (HMSDC), expected to be completed in mid-2007, will house post-doctoral education and research facilities that will turn newly graduated doctors into specialists, according to Amanda Pullen, a vice president at HMI. The HMSDC will include the Maktoum-Harvard Library, financed by a $13.6 million gift from Dubai Crown Prince and United Arab Emirates Defence Minister His Royal Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Pullen said yesterday that the center, which will be located in Dubai’s Healthcare City neighborhood and affiliated with regional healthcare systems, would...