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...life spread itself out across the ground. It’s senseless to choke the channel of communication for the entire Yard to a few square feet of approved poster space. We live in a country inspired by ideas that were shared on public greens and commons. Harvard Yard ought to be the preeminent forum for communication in America, and its pathways ought to be its most prominent bully pulpit...
...first interviews was shot inside somebody’s home. There was light streaming in, his wife coming and asking if we wanted lunch, and bookcases in the back. It just seemed all wrong, ordinary, unlike this rather imaginary world you can’t see. It seemed we ought to construct a talking space, some imaginative quality, a visual way to situate people in an artificial environment, but somehow reflective of the world they were in.”Galison agrees. “The world of secrecy was diminished in a world that had no secrecy about...
...been a source of immense pain for Aboriginal people. However, they were well-intentioned and also arose from a desire to care for the children of single mothers who were unable to look after them properly. Reconciliation is, however, a two-way process. When one party apologizes, the other ought to forgive. Aboriginal people and their leaders need to say publicly, "We forgive you."Until that happens, there will be no reconciliation and Australians will not be able to move forward as one people. I hope there will be no more "sorry days." Perhaps instead we could have an annual...
...atmosphere turned again, and in 1992 the public demanded someone new. Baker, a former Secretary of State, still believes that a candidate with credentials should certainly tout them, but in the end, "there's no such thing as presidential experience outside of the office itself." The quality we ought to seek "is leadership...
...going down at all well in Liechtenstein, a country so small you would drive past it if you missed the highway exit. Its people feel bullied. "It's just like the Germans," seethes Sandra Tinner, a 39-year-old storekeeper in the village of Triesenberg, just above Vaduz. "They ought to put their own house in order before they start attacking others." Crown Prince Alois, Liechtenstein's acting head of state, has himself denounced Germany's "unprovoked attack" on his country...