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Government professor Andrew Moravcsik, who teaches Historical Study A-12: International Conflicts in the Modern World, says that Harvard students may be too busy to attend lecture but he regards section attendance as paramount to a student's success...
...longer taken for granted, the signature scent is considered passe, and consumers are constantly on the lookout for novelty and exclusivity. Large houses battle for market share not only with their traditional competitors but also with niche brands. A place in the consumer's line of vision is paramount, and big houses are using various strategies to stay there. In the old days, the main vehicle was an extravagant launch of a single new scent. But increasingly the weapons of choice are limited-edition perfumes, male versions of female scents and bath-and-body line extensions. "You need to keep...
Syndicated self-help radio host DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER's motto is "Preach, Teach and Nag." The nagging really works. When Paramount announced plans for a Dr. Laura television show, gay-advocacy groups bombarded executives with phone calls and e-mails threatening a boycott. Schlessinger, 53, has told her 18 million listeners that homosexuality is a "biological error" and that gays are "sexual deviants." At first, the rigidly self-righteous Schlessinger called her nemeses "fascists" and proclaimed herself a lone voice "for Judeo-Christian ideology." But on Friday, cowed, she issued an apology. "Some of the words I've used have...
...understands that a gun could cause serious harm and death doesn't mean that society needs to treat the six-year-old in the same way it would a 20-year-old. We understand that children are more vulnerable." He also notes that with more aggressive kids, provocation becomes paramount. The boy who killed Kayla may have felt humiliated--by her, by everything--which became a justification for any act. Astor cautions, though, that culpability is just one piece of the problem. If we do not create a place and a structure for children as a whole, he says...