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...grateful, delighted," he said. "There areso many profound professors who could have easilybeen named to the same position--Harvard is thatkind of place. It's a privilege to be on theFaculty...
David J. Bender, an editor at George magazineand longtime Kennedy supporter, also believesRobert Kennedy had a profound influence on thisgeneration of Kennedys...
...Still, both were equally jubilant Friday. Celebrations on the streets of Islamabad were matched in New Delhi by what TIME bureau chief Tim McGirk calls "a profound mood of relief that India is no longer alone in being ostracized." Whether such emotions are justified, given the plunging rupee in India and the boarded-up banks in Pakistan, is another question. McGirk also reports a "serious risk" of conflict in the disputed border region of Kashmir -- claims and counterclaims of militant infiltration that "would not go nuclear immediately" but may eventually risk the world's first atomic war. The subcontinent...
...whatever the job may be. And we love this; we wouldn't be here if we didn't somehow crave the recognition of success. But to mistake the accolades with self-worth, to conflate outer success with real satisfaction and be lulled into complacency, is to do oneself a profound disservice...
...Although opposition parties questioned the timing of the blasts, the reaction has generally been positive. Indian officials don?t believe that Washington?s sanctions will have a profound effect on an economy that receives little U.S. aid. But if the U.S. manages to cut off loans from international institutions, and major donor nations such as Japan, Germany and Denmark carry out their threats to withhold aid, ?India?s government will find it?s made a disastrous miscalculation,? says McGirk. After all, India may have advanced thermonuclear weapons capability -- but it remains a Third World economy...