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...speech mixed inspiration and contempt, passion and outrage, autobiography and attack. It balanced language that both harkened back to the rich, poetic phrases of Martin Luther King (he cited King's reminder about "the fierce urgency of now") and the less subtle patois of contemporary politics - his boast that "when I'm your nominee, my opponent won't be able to say that I supported this war in Iraq; or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran," was a deft jab to the very center of Hillary Clinton's weaknesses in the Democratic primary. Unless...
...fight this war against global deterioration alone. However, I realized there is no need to worry; there are many people who take environment issues seriously and act to make a difference. I am only 18, not yet knowledgable or influential enough to change the world, but with my passion I believe I will grow into a future hero of the environment. Hannah Young Suh, Gyungi, Korea...
What do Don Cheadle, a wide-eyed activist, a high-powered Argentinean lawyer, a sheikh, a rebel fighter, and a UN worker have in common? A passion for effecting change in war-torn Darfur. Ted Braun, writer and director of “Darfur Now,” spotlights these six individuals in his latest surprisingly encouraging documentary. “Darfur Now” makes its timely arrival on the heels of the U.S. declaration of genocide this September. Against convention, the Sudanese government granted Braun permission to shoot inside the region, and the well crafted film, thoroughly researched...
...animal ever to learn sign language; she eventually acquired a vocabulary of about 250 signs. Was she merely reacting to prompts, or was she really communicating? That question is still unresolved, even after she passed her language skills on to her son. Regardless, the chimp, who had an endearing passion for humans' shoes, provoked an important debate about just how similar we primates are to one another. She died after a brief illness at 42. The death of his wife, the lovely Deborah Kerr, seems to have been too much to bear. Barely three weeks after she died, writer Peter...
Robert I. Rotberg, a panelist and the director of the Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, said that the event included “good speeches on contemporary issues” and was “filled with passion...