Word: role
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...hear of "the youth" wasting their days in front of social-networking sites or hanging onto their phones. Few people ever consider the interconnected and networked mass we represent. While we may never be able to help stop an unjust war like our parents did before us, the overwhelming role the youth played in electing a candidate as revolutionary as President Obama is indicative of how powerful we have become. We are the politicians, the journalists and the soldiers of the future but we have already begun to play our role. Luke Burns (age 20), SINGAPORE...
...deal with this? In fact, I think you'll see in these crises two different types of political responses. One, which I would say is a more polarizing and more populist and even scapegoating kind of leadership role. And one which says, no, lets get down to the real issues, lets work together, lets be more collective in our response. Let's be more democratic in our response...
...March 31, Serbia apologized for its role in the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica. While the measure expressed sympathy for the victims of Europe's worst atrocity since 1945, it stopped short of using the word genocide. Serbia, which has applied for E.U. membership, must capture General Ratko Mladic, leader of the Bosnian Serb forces that committed the massacre, and send him to a war-crimes tribunal before its application will be considered...
...iPad's launch, we sent out the English writer, actor and technology geek Stephen Fry to spend some time with Jobs and his team. Fry is an unabashed fan of Apple, but we wanted him to get a sense of both how the Apple team works and Jobs' unique role in that process. Fry spoke to Jobs about his dreams for the iPad - and got some time to play with it. Lev Grossman, our technology writer, looked at the iPad as part of a historical continuum, noting that it's only the latest version in the long quest...
...were looking for somebody who had deep commitment to Harvard and energy and enthusiasm about contributing to the institution,” said Corporation member Robert D. Reischauer ’63, who chaired the search committee and will assume the role of senior fellow when Houghton departs...