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...still in its infancy, but in two years, hundreds of commitments have been made, totaling almost $10 billion. That is a testament to the concern and generosity of the leaders and activists from around the globe who have attended CGI. But I believe it also reflects a growing realization that in today's world we all have a responsibility to influence change. The future our children inherit depends on whether or not we will act accordingly...
...gray suit and harried face, Black built a fan base as a commentator on The Daily Show. This HBO hour displays his grousing wit and splenetic temperament in full fulmination as he rails against the world and the heavens too. (He's no fan of the Old Testament God.) On his Washington stage, Black naturally has opinions about George W. Bush, who makes him very angry. He's also miffed at the Democrats for not finding a candidate who could defeat Bush in 2004: "It would be like finding a normal person who would lose in the Special Olympics." This...
...year since she left Harvard, Daniella L. Boston ’05 has been keeping her former adviser up-to-date on her human rights work. “I can’t even remember in what capacity she was advising me, which is a testament to the fact that it felt quite genuine and warm the way she was reaching out to the students and being a really good mentor rather than the necessary bureaucratic role she inevitably had to play,” said Boston, who founded uNight, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting war victims...
...dialogue ranges widely over the structures of faith contained in the Bible and in the Qur'an, and deals especially with the image of God and of man, while necessarily returning repeatedly to the relationship between - as they were called - three "Laws" or "rules of life": the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qur'an. It is not my intention to discuss this question in the present lecture; here I would like to discuss only one point - itself rather marginal to the dialogue as a whole - which, in the context of the issue of "faith and reason", I found...
...Patrick’s personal story is a testament to his dynamic personal character. Born in one of Chicago’s roughest neighborhoods, he went on to graduate from both Harvard College and Harvard Law School. It’s no surprise, then, that Patrick is passionately committed to providing today’s disadvantaged youth with the same opportunities that allowed him to move from Chicago’s South Side to the boardrooms of the Justice Department and Coca-Cola...