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Perhaps, then, we can initially appreciate the resignation in Staples Incorporated’s statement in September 2007, that read: “Corporate pressure is no substitute for the coordinated international diplomacy that is required to resolve the conflict in Sudan.”

Author: By Joanna Naples-mitchell | Title: A Matter of Conscience | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

Screenwriter Robert Benton looks a little like Warren Beatty and talks a little like Dustin Hoffman—which is fitting, since both have worked for him. Benton has a whole constellation of stars to his name, but he left them all behind for his talk with New York Times...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Benton on Books, Beatty, and Bond | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

It's one thing if you can't find pork at your local market. You can always buy chicken. But rice has no good substitute in many Asian diets. In Mandarin, the word for rice is also the word for food. The Thai phrase "to eat" translates as "eat rice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Grain, Big Pain | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

This still would not qualify as "strong action"; at best, it would lay the groundwork for strong action. But in Washington, creating a Cabinet-level position is the kind of thing you do as a substitute for strong action. The only surer way to guarantee that the problem remains unsolved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Poverty Czar? | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

When has it become a professor’s prerogative to limit our avenues of learning? Forcing students to attend lecture when they would rather watch an easily provided video is seemingly an acknowledgment that in-person lectures are not compelling enough to merit their own attendance—the...

Author: By Nathaniel C. Donoghue and James M. Wilsterman | Title: Point/Counterpoint: Stop The Tape? | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

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