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...celebrating the hardship that many Palestinian families will face. We acknowledge the difficult choice that Palestinians faced at the polls, but we cannot accept, on a categorical basis, that our own tax dollars be given to any authority that promotes terrorism.Hamas’ democratic ascent to the helm of the Palestinian Authority highlights an underlying tension in U.S. policy of promoting democracy abroad. It is important to recognize, however, that supporting the democratic process does not necessarily entail supporting its outcomes. One can uphold the right of the Palestinian people to elect their government while disapproving of the unsettling...
When all is said and done, CGEs may one day become an admired feature of Harvard’s undergraduate education. But before that can happen, the HCCR needs confident leaders to take the helm and demand that the HCCR—including CGEs—be solidly finished before it is implemented. Better to wait for the Class of 2011 and make a clean break with the Core than attempt a major change in the curriculum without finalizing the centerpiece courses of Harvard’s new general education philosophy...
...Martin's defeat had been widely expected. The surprise was that soon you can't call him Liberal leader either. His postelection announcement that he won't helm the party in any future vote has set off a mad scramble that suggests the Liberals' top brass are more concerned with recapturing power than examining why they lost Canadians' support. "This is a low point in the history of the party," acknowledges Liberal Senator Francis Fox, a former Cabinet minister who was a top adviser to Martin in the early, upbeat days of his two-year rule. A low point...
...fortune. Even so, Athina, the last direct descendant of the legendary Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, had reason to expect more last weekend. She grew up believing she would inherit the remainder of her family's fortune - in excess of $1 billion - and assume a hereditary role at the helm of the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, an organization managing corporate and charitable operations. But that birthday gift did not materialize. As a family insider predicted two weeks before her birthday, "Athina's 21st birthday will come and go without her seeing a single penny of her grandfather's fortune." Indeed...
Making emerging markets a bigger part of HSBC's business will probably be the primary challenge facing Green, 57, as he takes the bank's helm. A low-profile company insider who joined HSBC in 1982, Green was tapped in November to become HSBC's new chairman after the dapper and dynamic Bond retires in May. A part-time deacon, Green penned an unusual book in 1996 titled Serving God? Serving Mammon?, in which he strives to reconcile the money-hungry world of Big Business with the Christian ideal of love for humanity. "The kingdom of God can be found...