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...before delving into his speech, the award-winning biologist had some choice words for his most high-profile Harvard opponent, whom he called “a deeply dishonest organism, if there ever was one,” and cast as an impediment to free discussion in the face of “sensitivities” about Israel...
...neglected or at risk and would be better off raised and educated in mainstream Australia. But many found themselves marginalized by white as well as Aboriginal society. Since a searing official report on the practice appeared in 1997, Australia's six state governments have made apologies. But Rudd's speech, in its repeated use of the word sorry, had the immediate effect of easing white guilt and softening Aboriginal pain. Previous governments took "a Band-Aid approach" to problems in the Aboriginal community such as ill-health, poor education and alcoholism "by using money to try and fix it," says...
...said in an interview last night that Iraq policy will largely be determined by the situation on the ground and not by which party wins the White House in November. “The situation in Iraq will dictate the actual policy,” Zinni said after his speech at the Institute of Politics (IOP). “There will not be much difference between a Democratic President or a Republican President once the new presidency begins. I believe that the next President will see American security interests in a different light once they’re in office...
...challenges have been fundamentally influenced by the World Wide Web,” said Jerry E. Mechling ’65, director of the Networked World program, about the organization’s decision to chose a technology researcher rather than a politician for the first time. In his speech last night, Berners-Lee said that the Internet has broken down boundaries and created a culture that uses shared space. “We’re making standards for a world in which people use the Web to communicate,” said Berners-Lee, who now serves...
...When Kerry did finally deliver a thoughtful speech about his faith and values, it took place little more than a week before the election. And because of staff concerns about abortion protesters, the Senator gave his faith talk not at a Catholic university in Ohio, as originally scheduled, but at a Jewish senior center in Florida, with little fanfare. Nine days later, Kerry lost the Catholic vote in Ohio by 44% to 55%. It was a six-point drop from Al Gore's showing among Catholics in that state four years earlier. Kerry lost Ohio by a margin of slightly...