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...several inter-faculty initiatives such as the Mind/Brain/Behavior (MBB) program; that and other programs could be strengthened by the increased focus and attention a unified graduate campus would provide. From human rights to ethics to economic development, Harvard can benefit from debating diverse viewpoints in an effort to continually sharpen its research and teaching. The Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics is an excellent example of how a graduate school can attract and cultivate undergraduate interest in its mission...
...finding common ground. But the debates, which at times have degenerated into flaming, are seen by some as a means of promoting entrenched views rather than as an opportunity to be truly open to the other side’s position. “We are looking to sharpen our own argument,” said Gowda. “If you are in an open philosophical forum, people would have to arrive without assumptions and, with reasoned debate, would arrive at some truth. Our discussion is not truth-seeking because we come to it with preconceptions about what faith...
...nation that might try to "fish in troubled waters," as one aide put it. And these sources noticed during the several days of drafting that Cheney was particularly active, more willing than before to wager American prestige in a game with so many risks--and keen to sharpen language that warned rogue nations to stay out of the fight...
...story of this recession does continue to sharpen. October was comeback month, and November seems to have been come-back-to-reality month, leaving us with a semi-discernible trend that puts the economy - you guessed it - somewhere near a bottom but not exactly turned around just yet. Oil and gas prices remain helpfully low for consumers, and consumers themselves don't seem to be too badly off. But it seems few businesses are willing to ramp up production just yet - until they see demand waiting for them around the corner, they're not going to do much. And they...
...spring of 1945, hell came to Okinawa. America was poised to invade; the Japanese Imperial Army drove locals from cave hideouts and told them to sharpen bamboo spears to kill the invading "devil army," which they warned would rape and kill without mercy. Like other Okinawans, the citizens of Katsuyama cowered in wait. What happened next was a secret villagers would bury in one of those caves until three years...