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...Kudos for the great issue and for telling us what we need to know about those who not only sacrifice their money and time but also put their lives at risk to ensure a better life for the powerless and the less privileged. There is no greater calling than to serve humankind, no greater contribution than to help the weak. So let us be our brothers' keepers. Olabinjo Hakeem Lagos...
...help make this world better? Jesus Garcia Jr. Lynwood, California, U.S. Kudos for the great issue and for telling us what we need to know about those who not only sacrifice their money and time but also put their lives at risk to ensure a better life for the powerless and the less privileged. There is no greater calling than to serve humankind, no greater contribution than to help the weak. So let us be our brothers' keepers. Olabinjo Hakeem Lagos Ordinary people can create a sea change for the world's desperately poor and sick simply by contributing...
...Tomorrow, when Harvard (6-3, 4-2 Ivy) charges into the Yale Bowl, The Game will likely mean nothing for either Crimson or Bulldog football in fighting for an Ivy League title. Both Harvard and Yale (4-5, 4-2) sit powerless at second in the league. Brown is in first at 5-1 and needs only a victory over winless Columbia to clinch the title...
...issue Republicans think they can use against the popular Napolitano is illegal immigration, because the huge number of border crossings have left many Arizonans feeling overwhelmed and powerless. Her critics claim she came to the problem late, but she seems to have navigated it deftly. Last November angry voters passed Proposition 200, which in part provides that undocumented aliens receive no state welfare benefits that they are not entitled to. Napolitano opposed it, as well as several bills that targeted illegal immigrants. Instead, she looked to the systems and people that make illegal immigration possible: she ordered state contractors...
...mayhem. Thousands of police and firemen struggled to douse the rebellion and found themselves inflaming it. In one suburb, four shots, a rarity in France, were fired at the cops. French leaders tried to strike a balance between condemning the violence and seeking to understand it, but they seemed powerless to impose order on the streets. Above all, the rage expressed by alienated youths dealt a crushing blow to France's self-image as a model of tolerance and social equality. "It's like a forest that's dried out," says Malik Boutih, the Socialist Party national secretary on social...