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...Isaacson's proposal for a MATO is such a simple yet sound idea. The U.S. has squandered much of its soft power-the goodwill of so much of the world after 9/11-and is bumping up against the limits of its hard power. A MATO is much needed, sooner rather than later. Quincy Scott San Antonio, Texas...
...thought they might be really defensive or judgmental," Frontino recalls. "The first word out of their mouths was to ask our forgiveness that they hadn't dealt with this sooner. I think we were all surprised." Five years have passed since that initial summit meeting, and against all odds, they are now good friends. The protester has left Hutchinson's church, but no one wanted to stop meeting, because they had found a larger mission. Now they are out to show how people who disagree violently can debate civilly, even lovingly, and find some common ground. They know they...
...years, but hey, who's counting? Harvard University has named its first female president, DREW GILPIN FAUST, 59, a Civil War scholar and dean since 2001 of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Faust, whose mother once warned her, "This is a man's world, sweetie, and the sooner you learn that, the better off you'll be," ascends to what is probably the most influential job in higher ed. After former Harvard president Lawrence Summers caused an uproar two years ago by suggesting genetic gender differences may explain why few women attain top science jobs, he asked Faust...
...Isaacson's proposal for a MATO is such a simple yet sound idea. The U.S. has squandered much of its soft power - the good will of so much of the world after 9/11 - and is bumping up against the limits of its hard power. A MATO is much needed, sooner rather than later. Quincy Scott San Antonio, Texas...
...mass-production facility in Southampton, U.K. The firm, Polymer Vision, will make a 5-in. screen that can be rolled up to the thickness of a cell phone. But even though it announced its factory site after Plastic Logic's, the Dutch company plans to produce at commercial volumes sooner: as early as this year...