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...You’d have to live in a cave out in the woods to separate yourself from what military-driven technological innovation has provided this country,” Parker says. “If you take a look at the cutting edge of science in any particular field, you’ll find DOD-sponsored research projects there...
...other people...who are interchangeable cogs in a machine,” Summers said. “Do something where, if you do it successfully, you’re the one. Think about how you’re going to break a mold.” Summers particularly emphasized the importance of taking risks, on both the personal and institutional levels. “We will none of us be remembered for the things we didn’t do, for the things we thought were too risky to dare to do,” he said...
...night-owl who seldom ate breakfast, I was not affected by that particular outrage. But I thought of it a few years ago, when Harvard students were noisily protesting yet another proposed dining hall cost-cutting measure–this time, to replace Cheerios and Fruit Loops with some kind of inferior generic cereal. Since then, Harvard students have made themselves heard on many subjects, from the wages of campus security guards to the proper use of Hilles Library. But Harvard—like most colleges around the country—has been curiously quiet on the subject...
...talking with troops I had interaction with the troops when I was on my trips to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait on a regular basis, Wisconsin troops in particular. I have a lot of interaction with troops - they come to my listening sessions - they're usually veterans of the Iraq war, but also veterans of other wars. And we have regular conversations. I also have a veterans' advisory group that I meet with from time to time that advises me on the very serious consequences for people returning, especially with regard to post-traumatic stress syndrome...
...frequent, were much more common in the academy than they were in the American political system,” Walt said. “Inside the beltway in Washington, almost everybody seemed to be in favor of it.” MEA CULPAIgnatieff’s account of the particular factors that led to his own failure of judgment comes in a single paragraph near the end of the article. A 1992 visit to the sites of the Kurdish genocide carried out on the orders of Saddam in Northern Iraq gave Ignatieff vivid, personal reasons for opposing Saddam?...