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...fiction goes real, reality will need a more resistant strain of fiction.”This is why Powers, among his likeminded contemporaries, is worth reading. Time and time again, he provides us with more and more resistant strains of fiction. The humanities, resisting science, seem to want to hold it back so that the old truths hold. Powers, on the other hand, is positively straining to see what’s coming, writing with the passion of the discoverers in the sestet of Keats’ “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer...
...original version of the Sept. 25 news article "Swine Flu Research Takes Hold" incorrectly stated that swine flu fatalities were only in high-risk patients, according to a quote from HSPH Research Scientist Edward Goldstein. In fact, Goldstein later clarified that fatalities had been mostly in high-risk patients
...Obama's attempt to hold Iran to account may disappoint many who have been closely tracking the U.S. effort to back Tehran away from the nuclear threshold - not because the President showed any lack of resolve, but because the resolve of others remains in question. The British and French leaders were adamant in their support, with Sarkozy warning that "if by December there is not an in-depth change by the Iranian leaders," tough new sanctions would be applied. Brown called the new development the greatest challenge facing the international community. But Germany, which has recently shown reticence to expand...
...this something that you will hold against the government in future discussions? These positions were really not that important to us. We think what they did was wrong, to intervene in the domestic affairs of another country. While they speak of democracy, they chose to side with a minority in our country whereas democracy means the rule of majority. Those who actually seek to uphold democracy should at all times uphold the rule of the majority although the majority of Iran doesn't really need specifically Mr. Obama's support nor the support of any other government for that matter...
...there really meant.” The case has caught the spotlight in the legal community because of public discussion surrounding executive pay. But even if the Supreme Court were to overturn the Seventh Circuit’s decision and side with the shareholders—which could hold symbolic meaning—the implications of the case are limited because the law is only applicable to mutual funds, said Coates and Ramseyer. The case also sparked an extremely rare disagreement between Easterbrook and Judge Richard A. Posner, who typically vote together, according to Ramseyer. Easterbrook sided with the majority...