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...East Asia director for the antipoverty group Oxfam UK. "Selling to the poor and serving the poor are not exactly the same thing." Oxfam is wary that aggressive corporate marketing might displace existing local products or encourage overspending by those who can least afford it. He cites potential for harm, for example, in unhealthy but heavily marketed candy and sodas replacing juice and fruits as children's snacks. "Companies have power to create needs rather than respond to needs," Dayal says. Prahalad calls those arguments patronizing. "The poor are very value conscious. They have to be," he says. "If people...
There are some who argue that because of the story's potential to harm the U.S. abroad, Newsweek should not have published it, even if it were true. Robert Zelnick, chairman of Boston University's journalism department and a former Pentagon correspondent for ABC News, draws a distinction between Abu Ghraib, where there was a systematic pattern of prisoner abuse, and the allegation of an isolated act of Koran desecration at Guantánamo, however deplorable. "In this case," he says, "I think the potential for mischief was so great and the journalistic value of the information so small that...
...humans. Although it now seems that pheromones are somehow involved in arousal, their role could still be minimal. Says Hamer: "They're certainly not as important as they are in the mouse, who can't rely on gawking at cheerleaders to get turned on." Still, there's no harm in taking a sniff next time you meet someone attractive--as long you do it discreetly...
...even block you, but they can't see who you are. Of course, one person's secret admirer could be another person's stalker. Although the service doesn't monitor messages, it will disclose your identity if a court asks for it or to "protect any persons ... from imminent harm...
...comfort of your desk chair. Both are accessible through the e-resources page at lib.harvard.edu. And if you want to feel like a good person, www.thehungersite.com can help: every time you click the button on their page they donate ad revenue to good causes. Just think how much harm you’re doing the world whenever you aren’t clicking?...