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These are of course long overdue thanks for a group of public servants who, maybe because they are blue-collar workers who don’t necessarily have big salaries or college degrees, don’t get the respect they deserve. It is a sentiment that has come from the top down in American civic life, as politicians like President Bush quickly jumped on the praise bandwagon for police and firefighters. Yet in a move not uncharacteristic of U.S. politicians in general and the Bush administration in particular, the “common” men and women...
...first principle enumerated in Harvard’s patenting policy statement reads: “The policy should encourage the notion that ideas or creative works produced at the University should be used for the greatest possible public benefit.” That’s certainly the right sentiment, but it’s awfully vague. Without the addition of more precise language, it’s hard to believe that such a general principle can fully ensure that drugs licensed out of Harvard will “be used for the greatest possible public benefit...
...sentiment was not contained to students...
...officials insist that U.S. forces were welcomed into Iraq as liberators--which, for a week or so, they were--and that there is still gratitude for their presence now--which is more debatable. In a society that has been as repressed as Iraq's for 50 years, true popular sentiment is hard to judge. Iraq is still getting used to freedom and its boundless possibilities. After the war was over, many stores in Baghdad did not take up their shutters, though it was safe for them to do so. "We're waiting for someone to tell us to open," said...
...summer, Hou says that, “It is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done…preparing for the camp was very stressful and extremely intense, but I don’t regret anything.” Many other student volunteers echo this sentiment. “My work at PBHA has impacted my life here more than anything else,” Fonseca-Sabune says...