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...with the type of extraordinary negotiations Sadako Ogata undertook during her tenure at the United Nations. Her skilled negotiations on behalf of refugees saved many lives, yet are less well understood than many higher profile diplomatic efforts.” Prior to receiving the award, Ogata spoke at a panel discussion and stressed the important role first-hand knowledge plays in innovation. “All breakthrough ideas come from being involved,” she said. She cautioned against taking an excessively cerebral approach to problem-solving. “I used to be a scholar...
...clash of misperceptions” between America and the Arab world since September 11—at the Kennedy School of Government’s John F. Kennedy, Jr., Forum yesterday. Former American Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine moderated the panel, which included veteran pollster John Zogby, University of Maryland Professor for Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, Pakistani journalist Beena Sarwar, and Jordanian diplomat Jafar Hassan. Zogby opened the discussion by presenting recent polls that gauged attitudes toward America within Arab countries. He said that while President George W. Bush claimed that some Arabs hate the United States...
...page report based on evidence assembled by James Cole, its special investigator. Most of its findings concerned whether the nationally broadcast college course that Gingrich taught, which was financed by tax-deductible contributions to nonprofit organizations, had partisan purposes. The subcommittee concluded that it had. Most damningly, the panel determined that Gingrich had misled committee investigators by signing false statements declaring that his political organization, GOPAC, had no involvement with the course...
...last set of jurists one would expect to emulate that bravura act is the current, cautious Rehnquist panel. Yet last fall, with apparent gusto, it took on an explosive moral and ethical issue that energizes many of the same parties as abortion--and which has yet to be completely hashed out by elected officials. This Wednesday the court will hear arguments on two right-to-die cases, Vacco v. Quill and Washington v. Glucksberg. If they wish to, the Justices can take the opportunity, as suggested by assisted-suicide proponent Timothy Quill, to "establish landmarks" for tackling the controversy...
...month later, a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals voided a similar New York law, although less emphatically. The Second Circuit found no "cognizable" right to die in the Constitution, but ruled the current state of affairs unfair under the Equal Protection clause. If someone on life support can have a doctor kill him or her (by pulling a plug), the court reasoned, why deny the service to a terminally ill patient not attached to a machine? The high court will review the two cases together...