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That kind of talk has mobilized political leaders across Europe - many of whom are now screaming for European Central Bank (ECB) authorities to intervene with measures to bring exchange rates back into balance. French President Nicolas Sarkozy in particular has been scathing in his demands that the ECB drop its obsession with controlling inflation and, instead, introduce measures that would allow European economies to expand faster. As part of that, the French are calling on the ECB to reduce its benchmark lending rate of 4% in much the way the U.S. Federal Reserve has in the past months. That move...
...Baker isn't interested in just changing the way we write history; he wants to change our minds about what happened and what should have happened. He shows us a vain, bloodthirsty Winston Churchill overeager to wage war and not overly particular about bombing civilians. He shows us Franklin D. Roosevelt turning away European refugees and baiting the Japanese before Pearl Harbor. As a counterweight, Baker spotlights international pacifist movements, with Mohandas Gandhi as their principal spokesperson. Ultimately Baker appears to be making the argument that no violence is ever justifiable, even in self-defense, and that, in Gandhi...
...which is present on nearly all thetracks of “Afterparty Babies”—starts tofeel overused after awhile.What might otherwise sound messy orscatterbrained is seamless and appealingon “Afterparty Babies.” Cadence Weapondoesn’t stick to any one particular genreof music, borrowing heavily from electronicadrumbeats, retro funk and popmusic samples, and techno bangers. Onhis bold a cappella intro track “Do I MissMy Friends,” Cadence Weapon deliversdeadpan reflections about the friends andpast he has left behind over multiple layersof beatboxing. Lyrics like...
...representation of the world’s artistic legacy under one roof as a means of encouraging greater understanding of the world and the interrelatedness of cultures—is always a good thing," Cuno writes. In the eyes of advocates like Cuno and Ebbinghaus, university museums in particular now have a massive task laid out for them: trying to forge agreements between cultures that balance the demands of both scholarship and cultural heritage—a kind of beneficial peace that’s not just on loan...
...colleges trying to poach students who could be lured away without an early Harvard admission.Yale, for one, saw applicants to its early pool rise by 36 percent, following both Harvard’s and Princeton’s decisions to end early admissions.The strategy is targeted to athletes in particular because they often face intense pressure from interested colleges to accept or decline an offer of admission, and if Harvard doesn’t act early they might be compelled to accept another school’s bid.According to Fitzsimmons, these recruiting tactics are often called “exploding...