Word: roberts
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...never picketed a KFC in their lives. But they care about animals, and they see a candidate’s attitude to animals as a broader reflection of his compassion and character. That’s why senators ranging from conservative Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania to liberal Robert Byrd in West Virginia have sought the Humane Society Legislative Fund’s (HSLF) endorsement in their re-election bids. Animal protection is what marketers call a “signal issue”—something that shows voters that a candidate feels the way they do, quite apart...
Harvard Psychology Professor Steven Pinker, Columbia Professor of Buddhism Robert A.F. Thurman ’62, and Harvard Professor of Literature William Mills Todd III spoke in front of a packed Tsai auditorium audience of undergraduates and members of the Cambridge community about views of guilt in their respective disciplines...
...protectors on the market and concluding that all hip protectors were not effective. HipSaver’s president, Edward L. Goodwin, said in an interview that it was scientifically inaccurate for the conclusions of Kiel’s study to be applied to hip protectors in general. Robert L. Hernandez, who is representing HipSaver, described Kiel’s article as “disparaging” and “grandiose.” “The question is, can someone testing the lowest end of a relatively new product conclude that all designs are poor...
...Driving these statistics, researchers believe, are the same factors that drive immigration in the first place. "People who make the decision to come here from another country want to get ahead, establish a better life," says Harvard sociology professor Robert Sampson. "That dream is not something they're likely to risk by getting arrested...
...only pressure that may work to end or limit Turkey's operations in northern Iraq will have to come from U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, who arrived Wednesday in Turkey for talks. His visit had been planned before the latest fighting, but before leaving India for Turkey, Gates indicated that diffusing the crisis in Kurdistan was now at the top of his agenda. He told reporters that "it's very important that the Turks make this operation as short as possible and then leave. They have to be mindful of Iraqi sovereignty." And, putting a U.S. timetable on Turkish...