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...West. Most Iranian leaders and the public believe in Iran's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. But a real split has emerged between hard-liners allied with Ahmadinejad, who are willing to risk international sanctions and even the threat of a U.S. military strike in a quest to become a nuclear power, and pragmatists, who might accept limits on Iran's program in order to win political benefits from the West that would preserve the current regime's hold on power. Reflecting the success of recent U.N. sanctions against Tehran, officials in Iran say the consensus seems...
...trends of society impact the discoveries made.Polkinghorne is at his best when he delves into the methodology of both physics and theology. He gives an insightful account of the patterns in each field’s acquisition of knowledge. Polkinghorne culminates with a discussion of both fields’ quest for the “General Unified Theory,” the theory that will cohesively explain everything, without loose ends or aberrations. Though physics and theology are on equal footing in most of the book, in the conclusion the Anglican priest trumps the theoretical physicist.Polkinghorne rejects the possibility...
...DormAid. Around campus, various groups are using trash to create “green art” in the form of sculpture, cartoons, and clothing. These trash crafts represent a way to bring awareness to the wasteful ways of Harvard students, even as some use green products in their quest to create great...
...it’s the sophomoric type of work that many think Penn eschewed with “The Namesake”: 2004’s “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,” where Penn plays a prospective medical student on an epic quest for fast food after smoking too much pot and getting the munchies.According to Penn at an interview with college journalists, upon discovering that renowned director Mira Nair ’79 (“Monsoon Wedding,” “Vanity Fair”) had the rights...
Tsai said the research marks a new field in the quest to provide better treatment for prostate cancer patients...