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We—Americans, that is, and especially we Harvard students—are taught from a young age to believe that no dream is impossible, and are encouraged to reach for the stars. But it takes only one magazine article to make me understand that rhetoric is patently false. I now know that the biggest American Dream is well beyond my reach...
...that humans have had a significant role in causing climate change and will continue to do so increasingly in the future. Human activity is causing warmer weather, extreme changes in precipitation patterns, glacial melting, and rising sea levels, according to the report. The panel was able to reach its near-certain consensus due to the increasing availability of documentation of weather patterns and more sophisticated observation tools. Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government John P. Holdren called the report “an affirmation by a prestigious and diverse international body that climate...
...scary a place as the Comics Convention is for lovers of art." As fascinating and as vindicating as it is to see all this wonderful material on museum walls, the enterprise speaks to two slightly neurotic trends in our culture: the need of so-called High Art to reach down, and the need for so-called Low Art to be placed on a pedestal...
...because it gives advertisers more leeway in targeting specific geographic areas. A pizza-shop owner can pinpoint his pitch to local diners who search for pepperoni, for instance. "Geo-targeting is huge," says Neisser. The company is also adding a mobile search tool that will eventually extend Panama's reach to cell phones. The new services should help Yahoo! close the revenue-per-search gap, although the improvement probably won't show up on its balance sheet until midway through...
...execute bold new initiatives, even if she's inclined to pursue them. If Rice disagrees with Bush's determination to hold the line in Iraq, there are no signs that she has tried to change his mind. But right now a military victory in Iraq is out of reach; at most, the U.S. is fighting not to lose. And so the fate of Bush's legacy, and perhaps even the future shape of the international system, may hinge on whether Rice can pull off some kind of diplomatic breakthrough in the 23 months she has left. "Condi has a very...