Word: humanizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...visit to MIT was the last stop on his nine-day, six-city U.S. tour expected to draw protests of China's human rights abuses...
Privacy is more than a convenience; it is a fundamental right, recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and necessary to a free society. Human rights groups in oppressive nations are frequent users of strong encryption, and these groups could not long survive if they were forced to give their government an electronic key. Soon Congress will consider two bills which would lift the export bans and prevent governmental key escrow; let's hope that Congress will be motivated more by a respect for personal freedoms than by fear of their misuse. Stephen E. Sachs '02, a Crimson editor...
...they aren't letting go. In the past two weeks 33 universities have signed on to a plan designed by the Fair Labor Association, a consortium of human-rights groups and manufacturers like Nike and Reebok, to come up with a uniform code of conduct for the apparel industry. Though the agreement has won the backing of the White House, a core group of student leaders has joined UNITE in opposing it as inadequate...
...Nazi Germany and the former Soviet Union were the monsters of the 20th century, China has all the makings of becoming the monster of the 21st century. The Chinese government steals technology from the U.S., sells arms and technology illegally to other countries, violates human rights with impunity, amasses nuclear weapons, continues to occupy Tibet and threatens Taiwan's safety and security. Yet it always gets a sweetheart deal from the U.S. and is crowned a most favored nation. By the time we finally wake up, the monster will have emerged full-fledged. CHARLES PUTHOTA Milwaukee...
MOHANDAS GANDHI is my choice for Person of the Century because he showed us a way out of the destructive side of our human nature. He demonstrated that we can force change and justice through moral acts of aggression instead of physical acts of aggression. Never has our species needed this wisdom more. --Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer...