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...prices, making millions of them slightly poorer. An Oxfam study found that eliminating our subsidies could boost their average income as much as 5.7%, enough to feed two of their kids for a year. We spent $3.3 billion on cotton subsidies in 2005, more than half of Mali's gross domestic product. "We're not judging you--if we could subsidize our farmers, we'd do it!" says Abdoulaye Diop, Mali's ambassador to the U.S. "But you're hurting some of the poorest farmers in the world...
This misguided legislation is one of the reasons countries around the world see the U.S. as hypocritical and sanctimonious. Why don't we look in the mirror to see our gross mistreatment of Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese and Africans? Better to continue working with the Turks while encouraging them to repudiate the events of 1915, much as we strive to overcome the consequences of having enslaved the ancestors of 12% of our population. Honesty is the best policy? How about, Judge not, lest you be judged...
Unfortunately, the higher structures of the University are not significantly different. Even the dean of the College is not as powerful as the office’s title sounds. Just as students have not met with the Corporation since 1992, neither did Professor of Mathematics Benedict H. Gross ’71, nor did his predecessor Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68. Furthermore, the dean of the College has no final say in College policies...
...carries against the Big Green, and should have an even bigger game against the Lions, who are allowing 267 yards per game on the ground. Reigning co-Ivy Rookie of the Week Gino Gordon will also get his share of carries against a Columbia front anchored by linebacker Alex Gross, who shared the last week’s rookie honor with Gordon...
...been waiting for a long time,” said Vinita B. Andrapalliyal ’09 of Eliot House. “The house gyms are gross and the Hemenway’s too far. [The Mac’s] closure has put a cramp in my exercise schedule...