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Students have a right to feel safe and secure when in the classroom—professors have every right to question and probe students’ views, but attacking students’ religious and ethnic heritage is unacceptable. The Jewish students of Columbia have brought needed scrutiny to their university. We sincerely hope and expect that the end result for the Columbia community will be an improvement...
...fully disclosed) business ties have come under fire; the Danish nominee for Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, who was called "lacking in resoluteness" by the relevant committee; and Latvian Taxation Commissioner-designate Ingrida Udre, who Schulz said "doesn't belong in the Commission" because of an ongoing corruption probe into her party, the Union of Greens and Farmers. (Her candidacy was made even shakier on Thursday by the resignation of Latvia's government.) In Rome, E.U. heads of state began talking about how to put together a new, improved Commission - which means doing some serious horsetrading if they really intend...
...Pricing Screened The European Commission ended an antitrust probe into six Hollywood studios after they agreed to scrap contract clauses with European pay-TV broadcasters guaranteeing favorable terms...
...lacks any narrative thread, but essentially is a story about four broke, thirtysomething engineers who create a mysterious box in their garage that defies scientific rationality and seems to give them inexplicable control over life. Two members of the group, Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan), decide to probe what potential their creation might have: They explore the commercial possibilities of time-travel for a few hours each day, encounter dreadful mishaps in a Scooby Doo-esque fashion and finally, things end quite badly, with the audience, plot and characters in a state of sheer confusion. If Carruth proves...
...lacks any narrative thread, but essentially is a story about four broke, thirtysomething engineers who create a mysterious box in their garage that defies scientific rationality and seems to give them inexplicable control over life. Two members of the group, Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan), decide to probe what potential their creation might have: They explore the commercial possibilities of time-travel for a few hours each day, encounter dreadful mishaps in a Scooby Doo-esque fashion and finally, things end quite badly, with the audience, plot and characters in a state of sheer confusion. If Carruth proves...