Word: rationale
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Just before the official announcement came, Saberi's parents and lawyers, as well as dozens of reporters, had gathered in front of Tehran's Evin prison in anticipation of her release. Reza Saberi, the reporter's father, was visibly expectant, and said that finally "things were moving on a rational...
The reality is that we live on a planet where new, potentially dangerous diseases are constantly emerging. Over the past six years alone, we've seen SARS, a more virulent bird flu and now H1N1, not to mention countless other pathogens that have escaped public notice but still keep infectious...
Ever since U.S. health officials declared a public health emergency over the H1N1 strain of the influenza virus—commonly known as “swine flu”—worry has arguably spread faster than the disease itself. Some countries have imposed bans on travel to...
But Harvard should not merely allocate its medical resources to protect its own people. Honoring a long-standing commitment to serve the community as a whole, the university should consider dedicating resources to fighting a swine flu outbreak, especially among the elderly and the poor, two demographics which may be...
Inequalities in American public schools indicate one of our nation’s greatest failings. The massively disparate educational opportunities available to children based on the socioeconomic status of their families is a tragedy so familiar and ingrained that talk of it risks seeming banal, and the fact that educational...