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...girls with his acrobatics and singing "Ol' Man River" as he darns his socks. Much of his mischief and provokingness he got from his Caribbean origins, he acknowledges; and to see the calypso Naipaul before he began taking snuff from a silver spoon is to see a much more human and endearing figure than the master usually admits...
...Bryant ’09 says. Several volunteers have built personal friendships with prisoners, which give them insights into both the workings of the penitentiary system and the role of social circumstance in life choices. As a result, the program “challenges the notions we have about human value,” says Bonsey. But even with the program’s regulations and difficulties, relationships with prisoners occasionally continue in surprising and inspiring ways: “I had a crazy moment actually this week, when I was on the bus back from prison, and the woman...
Psychology professor Steven Pinker addressed the role of language in studying human nature in front of a crowded room at Sherman Fairchild Hall yesterday evening. Pinker’s lecture, the fifth in an informal seminar series hosted by the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (HSMBB), centered on issues discussed in his new book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window.” Human nature, Pinker said, can be studied by looking at how language works in our everyday lives. “Humans are very, very touchy with their social relationships. When...
...human rights and democracy not only as the expression of universal values, but as the only means of achieving the goals of long-term political stability and sustainable economic development on the African continent." - in a speech at the Brookings Institution, March...
...first El Pais story, current foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the press that he had had "no knowledge of the report" prior to its publication, and called for an internal investigation to locate any other related documents. "Our government is committed to the defense of human rights," Moratinos said. "We have nothing to hide...