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...Another thing he finds depressing, to the surprise of no one, is the tabloids. "Maybe you can tell me," he says, eyes ablaze. "Why is it those magazines never have to be right? Is there no accountability? I mean legally, morally, institutionally?" He claims he never reads them. "I'm not interested in people's personal lives-it depresses me-and I don't want to see references to myself," he says. "As a consequence, I'm sometimes out of it on things." This is a far cry from the man who, on mtv, did a hysterical impression of Michael...
...choices and the consequences of those choices, and that's a subject Affleck is something of an expert in. "I always believed it's what you don't choose that makes you who you are," says Kenzie in another line not in the novel. He's talking about the mean streets the movie's characters inhabit, but Affleck acknowledges it has a more personal mean ing. "I think that's true for me like it is for anybody," he says. "To me the movie's about realizing that becoming an adult is about understanding there's no certainty. I used...
...sciences while helping the humanities to find their mission and voice; and third, figuring out how Harvard should define its global presence and engage with higher education in the developing world.10.FM: Given your communitarian arguments, could you tell a Nazi that Nazism is wrong?MJS: I assume you mean persuade, not just tell a Nazi that Nazism is wrong. I would try a range of arguments—some universal (about respecting human dignity) and some more particular (about living up to the best in German history). None of these arguments would necessarily persuade the Nazi, but we can?...
...getting so intense that it may no longer be enough for conservationists to simply protect nature. They might have to start improving on it. "The best thing that conservationists can do is to better design the protected areas," says Teferi. During a very dry dry season, that could mean having an area of backup grass that's opened to the wildlife only if they absolutely need it. Or, in a very wet wet season, creating an alternative migration route across a shallower part of the river. "That way, if one area is badly affected, animals have the opportunity to move...
Building on Akpan’s impressive rookie year, this additional skill can mean only one thing—watch out, Ivy League...