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...seemed to be humming a French version of Tubb's 1970 classic, It's America (Love It or Leave It). "If it bothers people to be in France, then it shouldn't bother them to leave a country they don't love," Sarkozy said. It's hardly a new refrain; the far-right National Front has used France: love it or leave it as a slogan for years. Perhaps for that reason, Sarkozy's pronouncement sent shock waves across the French political firmament. Sarkozy - the likely candidate of France's ruling conservative Union for a Popular Movement...
...most of us, Darfur is only the name of a distant, unknown region. In those remote longitudes, however, nothing less than an outright genocide goes umpunished. The United States and its allies around the world can no longer refrain from an armed response. Military intervention is the only path, and it is our moral duty. The two groups involved in this age-old conflict are both predominantly Muslim—one is collectively known as Baggara, and the other includes different African tribes such as the Zaghawa, Masalit, and Fur—although the former is Arab and the latter...
...aspects of my life. It is inevitable that intellect and faith will clash, especially in interactions among some of the most inquisitive minds of our generation who happen to reside on this campus. But when this happens, I ask that those who do not adhere to any faith refrain from labeling those who do as lacking intellectual validity in their thought processes.And in all fairness, Christians and people of other faiths should be willing to engage in intellectual conversations with those who are curious. My non-religious friend attended a Christian retreat and asked questions such...
...board chairs, a reporter may sometimes be asked to appear at editorial meetings to answer factual questions relating to his or her beat. But in such cases, our policies mandate that the reporter “will take care to only answer questions he or she is asked, to refrain from expressing his or her personal views, and to leave the editorial meeting after they have finished answering questions...
...expert, Abigail Levy—what they might have otherwise learned only by running into walls. Many also formed connections that will allow them to collaborate on large-scale projects, instead of suffering in the doldrums of redundancy. It’s no surprise then that the most popular refrain from attendees called for more College involvement. Charles W. Altchek ’07, captain of the varsity soccer team, called the gathering “overdue” and Amy M. Zelcer ’07, president of Harvard Students for Israel, noted it was “something...