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...idea of an ethnic studies concentration say that the concentration will limit the study of ethnicity to the study of a handful of groups whose self-definition and boundaries change continuously with time. They argue the partiality to these ethnic groups over others that the concentration might harbor is unfair. Furthermore, critics say students wishing to undertake coursework or thesis projects on ethnic and regional studies may already do so under the requirements of existing concentrations...
...havens are one of the world's great growth industries. There are more of them than ever, from Liechtenstein to Panama to Vanuatu, a tiny rock sticking out of the Pacific, well-wired into the world financial system. And the amount of money they harbor around the globe is staggering--as much as $5 trillion, according to the U.S. State Department. The Cayman Islands (pop. 35,000) has more than $800 billion on deposit--fully one-fifth as much as the entire U.S. banking system. And those Cayman deposits are swelling by an estimated $120 billion a year...
...into a Western culture from a non-Western one, Ono answered that she felt twice removed, and that it was not easy to deal with the criticism of the media and public. She first jokingly remarked, “Well...I was one of two people responsible for Pearl Harbor,” alluding to her unique place in international pop culture as the woman accused of breaking up the Beatles. At the same time, Ono said, being an outsider “can teach insiders” a lot about themselves...
...panels, McCain and Lieberman agreed, would be formed in the spirit of the Warren Commission, which investigated President Kennedy?s assassination, and the Roberts Commission, which scrutinized the intelligence failure that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
...Doris Kearns Goodwin's essay comparing the World Trade Center tragedy with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [ESSAY, Sept. 24], she wrote that the terrorists "targeted ordinary civilians...working in their offices, walking on the streets." She might have noted that the U.S. targeted and killed immense numbers of civilians when we used atom bombs on two Japanese cities at the end of World War II. In the midst of our grief and outrage, Americans need to examine our conscience and perhaps thereby temper the magnitude of the U.S. response with the humane values of justice, proportion and compassion...