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...statement issued yesterday, Law School Dean Elena Kagan said Spier would strengthen an “already extraordinary group of scholars” at the Law School’s law and economics faculty...
...supported by the powerful ultra-Catholic Radio Maryja, is campaigning for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. The ruling Law and Justice party has agreed to change the constitution to include a phrase that says that life is protected "since conception" to strengthen the anti-abortion laws but wants to keep the current exceptions that make the procedure legal. The opposition is split: with the left against the constitional change and the center-right uncertain of what position to support. A vote is planned for mid-April...
...magically stop all emissions today, "temperatures will keep rising, and all the impacts will keep changing for about 25 years," says Sir David King, chief science adviser to the British government. So while we strive to green our economies, we must also mount a major new effort to strengthen our resilience against the impact on the climate that our past emissions have set in motion...
What have 50 years of the E.U. and its precursors achieved? It's absolutely spectacular how we've stimulated the exchange of services, goods and capital, and even the free circulation of people. But in terms of cooperation, I'm still waiting. In 1993 I proposed reforms to strengthen cooperation and add value in areas under national control, like infrastructure for transportation, communication and information technologies. On that score, Europe has not evolved as I'd hoped...
...weed out the drug dealers and other undesirables, while public and private social-service providers seed the area with wholesome extracurricular activities, new community centers, job counseling and beautification projects that offer residents an alternative way of life. "Criminal justice isn't what makes people behave," Cadora says. "You strengthen the institutions so people have a stake in things...