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...game. Sometimes you have to play affirmative, sometimes you have to play negative. That’s just life.” When she says “topicality” she traces a “T” with her fingers, and when she reaches a driving point in her argument she pinches the tops of her fingers together. To explain why she loves debate, and what her favorite moments are, she says, “Okay. PJ is debating in octofinals, they’re the only Harvard debaters left in the tournament. Octofinals was at something...
...giant wall lined with book-filled cubes, measuring 21 feet by 10 feet, is the loft’s focal point. Installed mostly by Pinker himself, the cubes hold the couple’s book collection that numbers in the thousands. Cubes seem to be a theme in Pinker’s lifestyle...
...ideas everyday. Maybe you’re walking to Sever, or just about to fall asleep at night. How many times have you forgotten something great because you didn’t want to get out a pen and paper—and then, what would have been the point, you would probably have lost the note anyway. Don’t let this happen again; get in the 21st century habit of remembering everything...
...many of its existing settlements; no right of return for Palestinians who left, or were forced off, their lands when Israel became a state; Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and Palestine; and an international peacekeeping force replacing the Israelis currently patrolling the Jordan River Valley. (A fifth point, often mentioned, would be international control of the religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem.) "If the President announced such a plan," Brzezinski says, "he would probably receive the support of almost every country in the world, including most of the Arab states. This would put enormous pressure...
...might think Blair's international cachet would be cause for British hearts to swell with pride. But some of his most bitter opponents are homegrown. Opinion polls point to a Conservative Party victory in British parliamentary elections to be held before June 2010. The Tories will campaign on a Euroskeptic platform. A high-profile, high-powered E.U. President such as Blair would surely increase the influence of Brussels; many Conservatives also feel personal animus toward the politician whose success consigned them to the wilderness for so long. "Having President Blair would put us in a state of permanent warfare...