Word: rationale
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In the midst of the bustle of the academic term, it’s often easy to forget that Harvard’s community encompasses more than students, faculty, and administrators. The hot meals that we are served three times a day, the clean halls and bathrooms that we enjoy...
This is not exactly new news. Which makes you wonder why they decided to do the film in the first place. But Hollywood has never been an entirely rational place, and Lucky You is not in any sense a great movie, a masterpiece that future generations will want to rediscover...
The irony is that Turkey has been held up in recent years as a heartening example of a state that successfully straddled the Western and Islamic worlds, keeping religious extremism at bay while displaying an impressive combination of stable governance and economic vigor. Now its status as a role model...
If there is one redeeming feature in all of this, it is the contrast with previous showdowns when the military wielded still greater powers than it does today-powers that diminished, thanks to E.U.-mandated democratic reforms. After the military made its announcement on Friday, the government argued forcefully that...
Mugabe's decisions and actions that have led to the demise of Zimbabwe were clearly irrational. He is a dangerous person. The world must be reminded not only of his political ineptitude but also of the blood on his hands. I am thinking particularly of his treatment of the Matabele...