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Lincoln managed, of course, in a supreme act of leadership, to win that war, preserve the union and end slavery. He was also able to interpret that war as producing a "new birth of freedom," explaining its extraordinary sacrifices in a way that provided a renewed basis for attachment to a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Perhaps the compromises made by the founding generation with the institution of slavery would have proved fatal in any case. Still, the fact is that the U.S. was unable to perpetuate its political institutions...
...highly charged” and “controversial.” That life inside a refugee camp is hard is “irrefutable,” according to Mr. Bronshtein—just don’t let those who actually live there remember, interpret, and struggle against that reality. Should their speech rights be suspended along with the rest of their freedoms...
...purge of former Baathists from political life and government employment, and dismantling sectarian Shi'ite militias. The response of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been to verbally reassure U.S. envoys all the way up to President Bush, but then to, if not quite ignore U.S. demands, either interpret them so broadly as to make them meaningless, or else simply stall. Al-Maliki is plainly hedging his bets, acceding to U.S. demands but at the same time cushioning Shi'ite militias from Coalition attack; he has even reportedly gone so far as to purge Iraqi military officers for being...
Alterovitz, who led the research at HMS and MIT, believes that once practical methods of real-time genetic monitoring are available, doctors will be able to improve treatment by using this technology to monitor patients and interpret symptoms of disease...
...Zanzini, a furniture maker in rural So Paulo, managers found that even employees with a high school education could not interpret graphs or follow the manuals they needed to manufacture furniture. The company set aside a room on its shop floor to use as an impromptu classroom whenever a worker on a shift needs help. "It is common to see people who can't read or write or fill in forms," says Zanzini's human-resources director, Leandro Mangili. "They have finished secondary school, but they can't add without a calculator." The most recent study by the Organization...