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...fight. Challenging oneself to overcome unconscious racism on a day-to-day basis is a step that anybody can take. On a broader level, institutions such as the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and the race relations tutors in the different houses can have an immense impact on how we view and interact with people from different backgrounds and cultures...
Projects to combat access to typically “white” sports—and not engaging in what fencing head coach Peter Brand deems ethnic “bean counting”—might be the initiative with the most positive, lasting impact...
...Chirac's impact on the world stage was immediate: his election in 1995 coincided with considerable stiffening of both French and European resolve to end fighting in ex-Yugoslavia, which saw them join with U.S.-led military actions that quickly ended the fighting. Chirac later paired with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to found Europe's Rapid Reaction Force as an alternative to overtaxed U.S. troops in responding to security crises. More recently, after the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister and personal friend Rafik Hariri in 2005, Chirac teamed up with Washington to co-author a U.N. push to break...
...order to offset what many in the Middle East see as the carte blanche given Israel by Washington, and also promoting debt forgiveness in order to spur development. He has also emphasized the responsibility of the industrialized world to take the lead in combating the environmental crises whose greatest impact is on the poorest nations. Says Reyni?, the sum of Chirac's foreign policy reflected a world-view "that stresses multilateralism, and supports cultural diversity as a manner of both enhancing peace and resolving conflict." And it is this combination of advancing French national interests while going...
Moreover, switching to CFLs could potentially produce a major impact, if everyone does it. And even if not, the individual stands to reduce energy costs significantly. But, more importantly, changing our light bulbs could be the first step in a vital process: getting everyone in the habit of factoring the environment into our consumption decisions. Until we start to make climate change, and the action it requires, a part of our daily lives, we will never find the popular momentum that is so desperately needed...