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...power to do good is also the power to do harm,” Motley said, quoting famed economist Milton Friedman. “A commitment to economic growth and development should not be compromised in the name of ‘being green...
...relationship ended at the beginning of October, according to court documents. Though the two were at first on friendly terms, Tang soon began to send threatening e-mails to Styke. On one occasion, court documents say, she even told Styke that she was going to get a knife to harm either herself or another person. The incident for which Tang has been charged began on the night of Oct. 22 when she saw Styke studying with a female friend, according to court documents. She attempted to gain access to Styke’s dorm room from a security guard...
Although it may seem counterintuitive to implement a program that faults some illegal behaviors but ignores others, the Safe Homes Initiative causes more harm than good when it becomes a vehicle through which the police can “spy” on families. The purpose of this initiative is to help parents feel safe in their own homes and reduce the number of guns in the possession of underage residents. If the police use this initiative to incriminate people for petty offenses, then the number of people who want and would allow for these searches would drastically drop...
...meaning of her conversation.” Bianco’s article, “The Dangerous Wealth of the Ivy League,” investigated the advantages that universities with large endowments wield in conducting scientific research. In the piece, he argues that Ivy League science investment may harm public universities by poaching star professors and research money. —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas.harvard.edu...
...longest tributary of the Amazon. The dams could provide as much as 8% of Brazil's energy needs but they have been compared to China's Three Gorges project because of the potential ecological damage. Lula dismissed claims by his own environmental agency that the dams could cause serious harm to the environment and ordered a shakeup that resulted in the ousting of officials who opposed the project. The tender process went ahead last year, prompting a land grab nearby, Smeraldi said. "This is the result of the speculation boom over land that started in July 2007 when the Madeira...