Word: moralizers
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...Parliament last week, in which the five attackers and seven Indians were killed, exposed just how complex and politically delicate it will be to control the terrorist net in Pakistan. The government has long armed and approved jihadis in Kashmir, though it admits only to providing diplomatic and moral support. The jihadis are considered freedom fighters by Pakistan but employ what India refers to as "cross-border terrorism" in their drive to expel India from the territory that Pakistan also claims. After Sept. 11, the Pakistani intelligence service sent signals to the Kashmir saboteurs to cool it. Yet India believes...
...concerns are echoed in Jordan, the only other Arab nation to have signed a peace treaty with Israel. A commentary in the Jordan Times warns of catastrophic dangers if Sharon succeeds in toppling Arafat. And like the Egyptians, they're alarmed at the U.S. position. "Where is the moral authority of the world's only superpower? Where are its ethics and principles when international pressure is needed on the Israeli side? By destroying the PNA and Arafat, Sharon intends to erase the peace process altogether... One does not need to be a world statesman to predict the fallout and impact...
...past three years, a growing proportion of our community has rallied around the moral standard that Harvard workers deserve pay, benefits and working conditions that reflect their dignity as human beings. The huge outpouring of support for janitors on Nov. 30 demonstrated that the Harvard community is as mobilized as ever around the demand for a living wage for all Harvard employees. Thanks to the work of the more than a thousand people who attended this rally and previous ones like it, the crisis of poverty on Harvard’s campus is finally beginning to get the attention...
...living, the immense power imbalance between Harvard and the workers who maintain the University will return poverty to our campus within a few years. And in a few more years, its cure will be even more difficult to attain. The HCECP and the Harvard administration cannot diffuse our moral indignation by paying the community lip service with short-term fixes that force it to repeat the same battles every few years...
...someone who cared deeply about family, and someone who cared deeply about moral principles. And he stood up for them even through the most difficult circumstances” remembered David Rockefeller ’37, a close family friend who spoke at the beginning of the ceremony...