Word: preservationism
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Amanda Barber is 20 years old. Her baby was due three days ago.A resident of Charlesview Apartments since she moved out of her aunt’s Dorchester house in 2003, Barber worked at the Harvard Square Staples until March. Now she is waiting for her water to break.Sitting on...
In his Essay "Today Tehran, Tomorrow the World" [April 3], Charles Krauthammer stereotyped Iranians as followers of an "extreme and fanatical ideology" who would wield nuclear power recklessly. He argued that while good sense has kept other nations from using the atom bomb, Iran, "undeterred by the usual calculations of...
As far as the future is concerned, look at the European Union. In the past centuries, those nations talked most about their sovereignty. Now, today, the common interest is more important than each individual nation's sovereignty. Tibet is a landlocked country, a large area, small population, very, very backward...
This mission sounds like a reasonable cause. I grew up visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan, the quintessential college town, and its historically quirky character is a large reason for this designation. Certainly, an amount of historical preservation and protection is important to maintain a city’s identity in an...
But that's the point. We're now at the dawn of an era in which an extreme and fanatical religious ideology, undeterred by the usual calculations of prudence and self-preservation, is wielding state power and will soon be wielding nuclear power.