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It’s disheartening to hear someone as insightful and rational as a Harvard student try to summarize the attacks of last Tuesday into a quaint rationale: Too Much Testosterone. Asserting that raw biology somehow transcends other psychological and societal trends that may cause rage, fanaticism and, ultimately, desperate violence invites almost a directly opposing response: if men are savage brutes, controlled by their hormonal and emotional status and tempered only by women, then women are by nature incapable of anything in the realm of aggressiveness. Isn’t this just as blatantly sexist an assumption...
According to Ghosh, the participants had outdated information about the guidebooks and that Let’s Go’s own preliminary analysis of the raw focus group conversations differed from the report’s conclusions...
...secret, and intelligence operations will be crucial to any effort to prevent future terrorist attacks. Last week’s events have clearly shown that the U.S. does not know enough about the plans and intentions of known terrorist groups. Although our spy satellites and electronic surveillance are unparalleled, raw technical ability will never fully replace the human intelligence gathered inside of terrorist networks...
...retail this year, and imports--whose market share dropped from 23% in 1997 to 19.5% in 1999--are rising again. The central coast is a second front against this growing invasion, in part because land prices, although rising quickly, are still a modest $8,000 to $12,000 per raw acre, compared with Napa where what little land is left sells for anywhere from $100,000 to $200,000 an acre. Lower costs will take some pressure off profits, as abundant supplies put downward pressure on the prices, particularly from Napa wines...
...familiar and powerful. The war on poverty. The war on cancer. The war on drugs. But the literal use of the word war - as President Bush has been using it, as well as the media - is something we're not used to. It's almost too strong, too raw, too primal...