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...appreciate the difference between an exorbitantly expensive bottle of Bordeaux and an excellent, modestly priced wine from California or Australia? Can one be 20 times happier with a glass of Bordeaux than with a glass of American Cabernet Sauvignon? Only very few wine experts could discern the country of origin, and none of them could taste the prices. The wines of Bordeaux will fall in value when consumers' tastes turn toward the much cheaper wines of the New World. Let the free market play its role. Rudolf Wicki Hinwil, Switzerland One can spend up to €500 on a bottle...
...These were not really of a performance genre in origin,” says Spellberg of the cantatas. Clerambault, who is regarded as the master of the “French cantata,” may have written these with a living-room performance among friends in mind...
...This is not to say that there have not been, and continue to be, important rifts between African-American and immigrant-origin Muslims here. Not the least of these was the latter's support of Bush in 2000, which dramatically highlighted the social and economic gap between these two groups. But in the wake of the Patriot Act and perceived ethnic profiling, such strains have been overcome, though hardly eliminated. For immigrant-origin Muslims, African Americans' long-standing concern with civil rights suddenly has a relevance it previously lacked. And now, Muslims from places like Pakistan or Egypt, who might...
...There are questions about questions about the origin of life,” Whitesides said. “This is going to require only modestly chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, [information technology], and electrical engineering. And above all, some really good ideas...
...proposal will amend the Michigan constitution to “ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes.” And the question’s definition of public institutions is all-encompassing, including “state government, local governments, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts.” The results of this amendment could be disastrous to the missions of Michigan’s state institutions...