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...What left me confused was that there is no reason to limit divestment to those three companies," Millenson said. "There are others that are equal offenders, which is precisely why we develop criteria...
...defied all of our assumptions," says Peter Neumann, director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College in London. That's the reality of terrorism: it adapts, mutates and constantly challenges our preconceptions. So counterterrorism strategies should do the same thing. That's the best way to limit the damage terrorists can inflict and, ultimately, reduce the supply of new recruits. The failed car bombs are a reminder that it is time to jettison three of our false assumptions about the nature of the terrorist threat...
...been billed as that of a maimed six-time champion against a younger record-holding upstart - and as a championship long out of American hands suddenly within U.S. reach again. And when the competition actually took place, the hobbled champion surprised the crowd by taking it to the limit - until he couldn't keep it inside...
...language of the Texas law has raised First Amendment concerns for the Motion Picture Association of America. "It has serious constitutional overtones," Vans Stevenson, senior vice president for state government affairs, said. The MPAA also is watching a North Carolina bill now before the Senate Finance Committee that would limit film tax credits to those films that have "serious artistic merit" and also mandates consideration of the "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the citizens of North Carolina." The amendment was prompted by outrage of some conservative politicians over the filming of Hounddog...
...Harvard students, we are repeatedly told that attending Harvard demonstrates personal success thus far in our lives. Some of us even let this perspective limit our future potential and pervade our worldview. What’s more, sitting in Cambridge, with the world’s most influential people streaming through our classes and lecture halls, lauding our institution perpetually, it’s easy to believe that every child, everywhere, aspires to our position...