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...such concerns pale in comparison with fears about what could go wrong if nothing is done about the U.S. fiscal and trade deficits. "The war [in Iraq] is being paid for by borrowing. The increase in drug benefits is being paid for by borrowing. Nobody's been asked to do anything," Sachs says. But if America faces some belt tightening, doesn't it follow that the rest of the world will feel the pinch? Not necessarily, argues Tyson: So long as the rest of the world doesn't suddenly stop financing the U.S. deficits--forcing Washington to take radical action...
Harris and Feister use three subtly different color schemes: the book’s colors seem slightly washed-out in the political scenes, the outdoor scenes are rendered in lush, oil-paint-like detail, and most of Mitchell’s flashbacks are rendered in pale green tints reminiscent of the scenes in the virtual world of The Matrix...
...Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education Howard E. Gardner ’65 suggested that Summers—in keeping with his high-profile post—should have phrased his remarks more sensitively. “President Summers was absolutely within the pale of normal academic discourse,” Gardner wrote in an e-mail. But, Gardner added, “if he wanted to make these remarks publicly, it would pay him to run them by some colleagues—including people like me—to reduce the chance that he would be misunderstood...
PINKER: Good grief, shouldn’t everything be within the pale of legitimate academic discourse, as long as it is presented with some degree of rigor? That’s the difference between a university and a madrassa...
...Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education Howard E. Gardner ’65 suggested that Summers—in keeping with his high-profile post—should have phrased his remarks more sensitively. “President Summers was absolutely within the pale of normal academic discourse,” Gardner wrote in an e-mail. But, Gardner added, “if he wanted to make these remarks publicly, it would pay him to run them by some colleagues—including people like me—to reduce the chance that he would be misunderstood...