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...Donald Evans before the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing set a new low. What's more, Evans' speech turned out to be a precursor to action: in mid-November the Administration imposed quotas on Chinese-made bathrobes, bras and knit fabrics. Washington said it was merely enforcing a safeguard provision that China had already agreed to, though that was 2.7 million lost jobs ago. Now the fragile recovery of the global economy--and Washington's burgeoning partnership with Beijing--has been imperiled for no good reason...
These so-called “Rothko-bumpers” immortalize the numerous well-intended but futile attempts made to safeguard five paintings given to the University by internationally renowned American Abstract-Expressionist painter Mark Rothko. His murals, designed to create a complete spatial experience for a viewer and ranking among the most valuable works of art owned by Harvard, ironically did so in a physical space that would eventually lead to damage and their removal...
...institution, Harvard has an added responsibility to be socially responsible. Regardless of ideological positions on economic development, the school should seek to uphold an ethical bottom line in the businesses with which it is involved. Profiting off sweatshops is simply not acceptable, and Harvard administrators must take action to safeguard the rights of all people working, even indirectly, for the University...
...decried the U.N. as an impotent body, unable to stop the evils in the world. Yet anyone familiar with the rich history of U.N. operations over the last half-century knows that this statement is false, if not ludicrous. The truth is that the U.N. has done more to safeguard the lives and fundamental rights of the world’s population than any other institution in history and that it continues to stand as one of the few sources of hope available to hundreds of millions of uneducated, ill and impoverished people around the world. It is true that...
...Communications, a New York City manufacturer of screening devices, expects to demonstrate a machine that uses "millimeter microwave" technology, similar to what the military already uses to "see through" walls, to examine passengers for known explosives anywhere on their bodies. Even soft explosives show up. Why has this obvious safeguard taken so long to appear? "Until 9/11, no one believed that a bomber would get on the plane with his bomb," says Frank Lanza, the company's CEO. "Everyone assumed he would check the explosive in his luggage and stay off the flight...