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...other situation needing improvement. We must recognize and respect the limits of politics, which means accounting for our own limits—of time, resources, and moral fallibility. To do otherwise, to insist that we can save the world and right every evil whether by the pen or the sword, we set ourselves up for failure, radicalize politics, and, by leaving unrealistic expectations unrealized, engender bitterness and cynicism in politics. Politics is not a simple science. We would do well then to resist those ideologues who promise paradise through policies of greatest simplicity, ease, and comfort.To the student activists...
...have a disagreement," Obama said. "Strong countries talk to their adversaries and tell them where they stand; that's always been something that I stood for, I've been consistent on that." Not exactly gladiator politics, but at the very least, Obama has started reaching for his sword...
...medical industry and academia has drawn significant scrutiny in recent years, and the study authors said that determining when such interactions cross the line from fostering innovation to biasing research is far from simple. “The influence of industry in academia is really a double-edged sword because professors may know a lot about gene expression but not a lot about manufacturing and marketing,” said study co-author Joel S. Weissman, an associate professor at HMS. “But a lot of people are starting to realize that the influence of drug companies...
...wait, it gets worse. As the computerized Armada heave into sight, Elizabeth, dolled up in Joan of Arc drag - shining armor, waving a big sword - takes it into her head to rally her troops, drawn up on the shore, impotently waiting for the naval engagement to begin. She is given a noble rallying speech to sing out - her St. Crispin's Day moment - but, putting this as gently as possible, Nicholson and Hirst are not exactly the Bard of Avon, and Kapur is not exactly Laurence Olivier when it comes to staging this emptily rhetorical, entirely fictional moment. The director...
...response to a speech on Islam in which the Pope quoted a medieval text saying it is a violent religion: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." The Pope later apologized, saying that he had only used the quote - an opinion which he said he doesn't share - to condemn violence motivated by religion and to highlight the need for exchange and understanding between the faiths...