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...when discussing other members of the community. “We do need to recognize that each [person] has the potential to divide communities quite sharply,” he said. “Over time, patterns of behavior that are divisive or clearly disruptive can take a heavy toll.” Division, Rudenstine thought, was not the hallmark of a great university—nor a great president...
Some audience members flashed peace signs and chanted “1,500 dead because of what you did” in unison during the speech, referring to the latest death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq...
...strong against Schonborn, opening up an early 8-4 lead in the first game. But Schornborn fought off the game point and rallied to eventually win the game 10-9. Oren was able to take the second game 10-9, but the opening game loss clearly had taken its toll on the sophomore, as he lost both the third and fourth games 9-7 and 9-6, respectively...
...morning, the earth around the town of Zarand, in Iran's Kerman province, was convulsed by a quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was just 250 km northwest of Bam, where a violent tremor killed some 31,000 people in December 2003. This time, the death toll will be significantly lower. Zarand and the 50 villages affected have a total population of 30,000 and Kerman's deputy governor Mohammad-Javad Fadaee has confirmed more than 600 fatalities so far. Yet statistics cannot convey the implacability of the devastation: at least five villages have been erased. "People...
What's the downside? I cannot see any. Both sides can still fight to keep abortion legal or illegal. But both can also work hard to reduce the moral and human toll of abortion itself. Why shouldn't a future Democratic candidate commit to an actual goal of reducing abortions nationally by, say, one-fifth in a four-year term? Alas, the pro-life side is leery. A key part of their coalition is made up of conservative Catholics who oppose any kind of birth-control devices; others are hostile to any adoption rights for gay couples. Still others...