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...said. Other speakers also called for increasing the opportunities for students to study human rights issues. Nancy L. Rosenblum, chair of the government department and a member of the committee, said that while there were an ample number of human rights-related offerings within the university, there was a lack of overall coordination. “What we don’t have is a comprehensive program. But we now have a plan for that,” said Rosenblum, who is also the Clark professor of ethics in politics and government. Stephen Marks, the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud professor...
...became theirs." The Russian acknowledges that though the mission "excited the whole world," it amounted to only a "pinprick" in Moscow's continued efforts to undergird its case for extended sovereignty in the Arctic. (In 2002 a U.N. commission shelved Russia's claim to more of the Arctic for lack of detailed technical evidence.) Nor, despite this summer's bravado, is it clear that Russia has real plans to follow up the Mir expedition. Robert Nigmatulin, director of the Institute of Ocean Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, says establishing a claim to the continental shelf before...
...Typically, in the special review procedure there are voluminous filings so there’s certainly no lack of scrutiny,” Keough said in a phone interview last night...
These issues are extremely complex, and even well-educated people sometimes lack an understanding of the political complexity and public sacrifices involved in their possible solutions. It’s important we not mistake the current hatred for President Bush as political will to make tough changes. If politicians today can’t even assemble the political will to end agricultural subsidies that give American farmers an unfair edge over farmers in developing countries, what prospect is there for real progress on global climate change, which will involve considerable lifestyle adjustments...
...other candidates are not without their strengths, but they will not be perceived as tough because they lack the steel that only comes with experience. They will not be the ones who will bring the Democrats full circle to the days of Truman and Kennedy. And Hillary will do so as a woman, as the supposed nightmare of every gun-toting, white, male NASCAR fan. She isn’t the be-all, end-all, but her presidency will be transformative, not only for the Democratic Party, but for the sexual and regional divides that have so characterized our recent...