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Along the way, Kennedy has steadily exchanged his heavy burden of what-ifs for an impressive record of legislative accomplishments. He has lived long enough to hear the growing consensus that his 45-year career would rank among the most consequential in the history of the U.S. Senate...
...according to Jacob P. Reitan, a Harvard Divinity School student who first conceived of the tour. Punishment for protesting an “immoral law” would be a badge of honor, he said. Harvard College Democrats President Jarret A. Zafran said the bill is “rank hypocrisy” and a government sanction of discrimination. He added that the possibility of punishment did not dissuade him. “It’s a small price to pay,” said Zafran, whose group is co-sponsoring the tour. “Not all laws...
Your choice of the dalai lama was most intriguing; the irony of it made me question your according him such a rank. What influence does a man have when his deepest desire remains unfulfilled, when his influence fails him at the very point on which he would want it to have an impact? Sadia Khan, NEW DELHI...
...profound impact on social-order ideology and business. "People say the United States is a meritocracy," says Galinsky. "But let's not be too quick to say that the hierarchy that exists today is a perfect demonstration of a meritocracy - that everyone is completely ordered by their abilities - because rank in a hierarchy fundamentally alters people's basic cognitive function." The findings further support the idea, for example, that disadvantaged socioeconomic groups remain entrenched in poverty because their position puts them at a psychological disadvantage, not because they lack the ability or intelligence to succeed. In the study's discussion...
...hasn't visited the state since. Many Florida Democrats consider him AWOL and even indifferent to their efforts to get the DNC to reinstate their delegates and make their January votes count. Obama "has repair work to do," says Democratic state Senator Nan Rich, a South Florida Clinton backer. "Rank-and-file Democrats here are frankly distressed by the fact that he appears disconnected from the state...