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Reacting to the blast, President Bush said, "The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or nonstate entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action." That was an explicit embrace of Graham Allison's concept of "nuclear accountability." Thus, according to Allison, if Kim Jong Il were to sell a weapon to bin Laden and that weapon were used against the U.S. or one of its allies, then the principle would require the U.S. to "treat this precisely like...
...citizens of a democracy within a global society” without giving them a basic understanding of markets. The lack of emphasis in the report on the hard sciences and mathematics—a student could conceivably graduate barely having glanced at any numbers—also raises grave concerns, as these subjects are becoming increasingly applicable. While general education should not be pre-professional, allowing students to graduate from college in the contemporary world without receiving any rigorous, post-secondary training in these disciplines is irresponsible...
...discrimination policy clearly forbids. We agree with this rationale. To be sure, we have concerns about other military practices as well, such as the treatment of prisoners (think Abu Ghraib), the employment of private security firms in Iraq, and the use of depleted uranium bullets. But these concerns, while grave, do not justify a wholesale ban on military recruitment on campus. Instead, we should focus on changing the political administration that governs the military. DADT, however, does. justify banning military recruiters from campus. In practical terms, the exclusion of openly gay individuals in the military has damaged the armed forces...
...referred to the slave that way. [CORRECTION APPENDED] Once the initial shockwave subsided, a scene in stark contrast to the brochure photo came into focus: A set of black students leering in suspicion, frustration, and anger at a white student who was apparently oblivious to his grave error. Recognizing the rapidly changing climate of the room, our professor explained that a certain degree of “tension” was to be expected in a class that dealt with a racial subject...
...connotations of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ behavior but said that the term “mental health” also has a certain stigma and may drive away some students who feel their problems aren’t especially grave...