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Most country teams can handle emergencies, but there are times when they need to call in extra specialists with health, water and sanitation expertise. So CARE taps into a global roster of its own professionals. These pros tend to be locals "who are culturally aware, can speak the language and have what it takes to operate in a given country," Giron says. For example, in 2005, CARE responded to the earthquake in Pakistan with a team from neighboring countries that was able to operate in a place that restricted the movement of women. But nearly two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Organizing Disaster | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...catching a fish in a farmer's stream. My Irish ancestor was "stolen" from his family for protesting against British landlords. People like them and their descendants worked to build Australia as a modern nation. When Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said sorry, he did not speak for me. I have nothing to be sorry for. Aboriginal people certainly need government help in health and education, but above all they need to contribute toward their own welfare. This means getting a job, sending their children to school and joining mainstream Australia. James Carney Newcastle, New South Wales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

Better known for her tabloid love affairs, plastic surgery and husky voice, transsexual Turkish diva Bulent Ersoy makes the unlikeliest political activist. Yet she has caused a storm of outrage by becoming the only public personality to speak out against Turkey's invasion of northern Iraq. So pervasive is the nationalist climate that Ersoy has been vilified for declaring - on a national TV equivalent of American Idol, where she is a judge - that if she had a son, she would not have sent him to fight this war. She is now under investigation for being "anti-military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Anti-War Diva | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...Sartre” or “Marx” in section 2.) You see The Office of Alcohol & Other Drug Services (AODS) Nalgene 3.) You see a DHA tuxedo 4.) Someone asks a question in lecture—double shot it if they speak twice in the same lecture 5.) Somebody mentions they’re Pre-Med—body shot if they’re a humanities concentrator 6.) Somebody mentions Positive Psych 7.) Somebody mentions their summer home 8.) You see someone playing on an iPhone in class 9.) You see someone in class Facebook stalking...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Harvard Drinking Games | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

...While O’Connor might hesitate to acknowledge his greatness, the results of his first two seasons speak volumes...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In Times of Injury, O'Connor Steps Up Big | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

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