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...first African-American president. “It’s a milestone election,” Dean said. “The most important thing Obama’s election means to us, I think, is not just [his race] but that this is a new paradigm shift in who runs America.” Dean also discussed the power of the Internet in grassroots campaign movements, as well as the importance of using a “50-state strategy,” in which Democrats compete for votes in traditionally Republican states. Dean spent most...
...Framing safe heterosexual intercourse in the language of “men are dogs—protect yourself!” constructs a hypothetical, collective female vulnerability that deprives women of agency in their sexual encounters. Rather than empowering women, it establishes a paradigm in which women are victims of men’s animalistic urges. In reality, men are not the sole indulgers in promiscuity. This characterization assumes that men are infidels and that women are their perpetual victims, when this is by no means a universal truth. Forced sexual encounters are tragic occurrences that will erode sexual equality...
...Easier said than done, however, because the only basis for bringing Syria into the U.S.-led camp is a peace agreement with Israel, and the Israeli public and leaders appear to be in no mood to give up the Golan Heights. The "land for peace" paradigm of the Oslo accords has long fallen into disrepute in Israel, where skeptics point out that Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000 and from Gaza in 2005 only to face rocket fire from Hamas and Hizballah. After the failure of major Israeli military operations - the 2006 war in Lebanon and this year's Gaza...
...said that he wanted to accept the offer in order to focus more on his career goal: developing personalized medicine technologies that would allow doctors to treat patients by tailoring medicines to their individual genomes. LaBaer’s research in proteomics is a crucial towards realizing this treatment paradigm. At ASU, he will work with the Scottsdale-based Piper Charitable Trust and the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation, which are at the forefront of this venture. These foundations have already donated millions of dollars to the project. LaBaer said that he was pleased to participate in such a riveting...
...philanthropy and commerce come together. It's conscious retailing. To be able to realize that if you purchase something you're making a difference in someone's life. And we don't just sell clothing, but also objects, jewelry, furniture, and lifestyle products. I think it's a new paradigm in retail because it's not about a season. The stuff we sell is timeless. It's not really fashion in that sense. It's clothes that feel really good that you can wear anywhere and for the rest of your life. A percentage of all the sales...