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...Issuing temporary work permits is a nonstarter in Assam, where the growing population of Bengali-speaking Muslims - the euphemism for which is "demographic shift" - is seen as both a political and an economic threat to the ethnic Assamese majority, who are mostly Hindu. "There is a very substantial geographic belt in which the Assamese are rapidly becoming a minority," says V.R. Raghavan, an adviser at the Delhi Policy Group. "They want to retain their dominant position...
Eric Holder Jr. was trained long ago in crime and punishment. He grew up in the East Elmhurst section of Queens, N.Y.--so populated by cops and firefighters that rush hour looked like the shift change at a station house. A popular teen prank was setting off the red fire-alarm box near his modest brick house on 101st Street. Nearly everyone tried it once, but not Eric, the churchgoing Boy Scout who knew the consequence of disobeying rules: "A good, quick smack on the bottom," his mother Miriam recalls. "If you did something wrong, you're going to have...
...last tour in long form, “Brother Sport,” a distinctively Lennox-penned track, simultaneously encapsulates the music that comes before it and renders it obsolete. In lieu of verses, the song builds up momentum through three separate sections, each with its own chorus, that shift into one another and arrive, from initial reverie, upon jubilant catharsis. At six minutes, it’s barely long enough.As has become customary, new songs from the band are already appearing in their ensuing tour. This material seems to indicate a more settled, atmospherically uniform sound than ever before...
Still, many in Europe remain wary of the potential ramifications of a shift back to protectionist policies. When the U.S. House of Representatives added a protectionist clause to President Barack Obama's proposed $819 billion stimulus package last week, Europe cried foul. The clause would require infrastructure projects covered under the plan to use American-made steel. Moves are also afoot in the Senate to extend that "buy American" steel requirement to other construction materials covered by the package - causing tempers to flare in Europe. "A dangerous new steel war is looming, and we need to counter it with strong...
...Payne said. “It’s an attitude change that needs to be reversed.” Audience member and Harvard environmental research librarian George E. Clark said after the talk that people need to change their perspective. “There needs to be a shift from the human perspective to the natural one,” he said. “Think about how many environmental problems are at the root of social problems.” —Staff writer Carola A. Cintron-Arroyo can be reached at ccintron@fas.harvard.edu...