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Unlike other causes, however, the link between Harvard and pollution is direct, undeniable, and immediately changeable. A decision to reduce emissions would have a real and lasting impact. In addition, University administrators have sent signals that there is a real possibility that students could achieve the commitment they are looking for and induce FAS to commit in turn. There are rumblings of discontent within FAS at the prospect of setting an emissions target, but when students speak with one voice it becomes difficult to say no. A referendum is the most effective way to give students a voice. Even...
...importance of initiatives like these extend beyond Harvard’s walls, he said: “This is a clear message to about half of the population: you can go anywhere in the world,” regardless of financial and other barriers. The impact extends as well. “I worry like crazy that if we’re unable to reach out to those [lower socio-economic groups], that talent will not be developed, and America will be less of a power in the world,” Fitzsimmons said. Fitzsimmons’ talk was well...
...Gears of War” itself is hardly a masterpiece of subtlety—most of the game still revolves around shooting huge guns at bad guys—the mere fact that a company with Microsoft’s clout is acknowledging the emotional and aural impact of games with its marketing approach is significant. Yet again, money has followed innovation, and a maturing medium has devised a way to position itself as a solution to needs that gamers weren’t expected to have.A revolution? Maybe, but one that’s been unfolding since far before...
...gunmen who had been eyeing each other warily on Gaza street corners to once again confront a common enemy. An Israeli shelling incident, in which 19 Palestinians were killed in their sleep, also gave Palestinian leaders a sobering jolt. The Israelis say the shelling was an accident, but the impact had the unforeseen effect of bringing Abbas and Haniyeh closer together...
...however. There's the ingrained culture of corruption, secrecy and state intervention. Rules are often ignored in business dealings here - and the WTO is all about rules, from treating foreign companies fairly to dropping tangled customs regulations. But the largest obstacle may be persuading U.S. legislators - mindful of the impact on the U.S. of the flood of cheap imports and outsourcing that followed China's WTO admission in 2001 - to extend normal trading partner status to Vietnam. Passage of permanent normal trade relations status, usually a WTO formality, failed this week in the House of Representatives as legislators struggled...