Word: scholarly
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...FALL IN LOVE) to the sardonic (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY). But most are mushy love notes (M.L. LOVES HER FUNKY D). So one of the organizers, Dutch theater director Justus van Oel, decided to up the ante. He commissioned Farid Esack, a South African religious scholar and former antiapartheid activist, to write a 1,998-word letter, in English, to Palestinians urging nonviolent resistance to the Israelis. The work is now being painted in 2-ft.-high letters along a 1.6-mile stretch of wall near Ramallah. The writing will consume more than 400 cans...
...media are already framing the crisis as a transformational moment in China's rise and the decline of the U.S. "They've criticized the dollar and asked for a new global reserve currency. They've criticized the U.S. role in the International Monetary Fund," says Beijing-based China scholar Russell Leigh Moses. Premier Wen Jiabao recently pleaded with Washington to safeguard China's investment in U.S. bonds, which will decline in value if the dollar weakens on foreign-exchange markets. That too, says Moses, was a reminder to the U.S. that "you aren't in the driver's seat anymore...
...once said. And surely he must have believed in them. Though he began his life as a displaced Lithuanian immigrant, Berenson wound up a regent in the court of his own choosing. While he lived, Berenson was the chief diplomat of Italian Renaissance Art throughout the world. Considered a scholar of the highest order—though the insights of history have raised questions about his dealings in the art world—Berenson was friendly with and respected by the foremost literati of his day such as Oscar Wilde and Henry James. His word was often the only authority...
...lines, and Franken's arrival could smooth the path for some of these nominees. "We have 30 or so executive nominations, nearly all uncontroversial, just sitting there in the Senate with the threat of GOP filibusters, which at minimum take a lot of time," says Norm Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "There will be a number of judicial nominations for appeals courts that may be filibustered or delayed. This is an area where party unity does occur and can make a big difference...
...Campbell, who is from New York City, was involved in “Prep for Prep,” a program that prepares minority students for private schools. The program sends many students to prestigious colleges and universities across the country. Campbell was also a New York Times Scholar...