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...nuclear weapons. The key issue is not the injustice of nations that already have nuclear weapons; this is a moot point. Allowing nations to create new weapons, however, is an enormous issue that must be recognized. Iran claims that it will use the technology only for ‘peaceful?? purposes. This is hard to believe, especially considering the fact that Iran recently crafted a deal with Russia to buy arms worth nearly $7 billion. In addition, Iran has called for the death of all Israelis. Any nation which buys arms, denies the right of another nation...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein, | Title: Sophie’s Choice | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...protests began on an incredibly uplifting note. On Sunday I marched to Madison Square Garden alongside 500,000 people in a procession that lasted hours into the afternoon. The march was entirely peaceful??with the exception of the giant paper dragon that went up in flames. We were united in our rising frustration with the Bush administration and our genuine fear of the consequences of its actions. There was nothing but hope and enthusiasm in the eyes of everyone I saw. Even the police officers lining the streets were exceptionally calm and relaxed (at least that...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, BENJAMIN J. TOFF | Title: Reflections on Protesting | 9/21/2004 | See Source »

Peaceful, peaceful, peaceful??entering the CIMC kind of makes you want to curl up in a ball on its plush wall-to-wall ecru carpet and sleep away your midterm blues. One member of the Center described the community at the CIMC as “the Episcopalians of Buddhists”—it provides mostly “meditation for the sake of meditation,” as instructor Matthew Daniel says...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meditation in Cambridge | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

...behavior. LeBlanc cites the work of Professor of Biological Anthropology Richard Wrangham, who studied warfare among chimpanzees. LeBlanc observes that humans, like chimps, are not prone to warfare but to aggression, which leads to war. It is not true that some peoples are by nature more “peaceful?? than others; all humans seem to be genetically programmed for aggression, he writes...

Author: By Zhenzhen Lu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LeBlanc's Book Explores Warfare Through the Ages | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

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