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...however, could be abolished only by a constitutional amendment--the 13th, which was ratified by the states in 1865. The proclamation clearly had certain powerful and advantageous political implications, especially overseas. We must, however, acknowledge the enormous risks Lincoln took in issuing it. We need only examine the anxious reaction of his contemporaries to gauge how politically risky a move...
...This has been a long term interest of mine,” Sonnert wrote in an e-mail. “I would not consider the course a reaction to President Summers’ comments on women scientists... but [his] remarks have led to a huge surge in publicity and focused more attention on the work that we scholars in the field have been doing for a while...
...best strategy in dealing with a harassing phone call, Catalano said, is not to give the caller the benefit of a reaction...
...they don’t know the person calling, just hang up. Don’t slam the phone down, don’t scream, don’t yell, don’t give any reaction. Just hang up,” Catalano said...
...praised its founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Brahma Chellaney, strategic studies professor at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, says this broad change in the Hindu right has helped "mellow" relations between India and Pakistan. "Even if there is another major attack, there will be no major reaction in India," he says. Which is another way of saying: people want peace...