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...figures in the State Department, sources tell TIME, are arguing that the litigation should be done away with before it impedes Saudi cooperation in a possible war against Iraq. But that view is not shared by everyone. Some Justice and Treasury Department officials see the lawsuit as a useful tool to pressure the Saudis into defunding al-Qaeda." The Saudis have offered piecemeal cooperation that has led to some successes," says a frustrated senior U.S. official. "Now it's time for an approach that produces greater results...
...Europeans have been quick to provide funds for alternative sources of maize," notes former minister Scott. "They're pretty entertained by the U.S. discomfort over this." Green groups and other nongovernmental organizations have also latched onto the Zambian decision. "The U.S. is exploiting the world's most effective marketing tool: starvation," says Ben Stewart, a London-based spokesman for Greenpeace, which accuses the Bush Administration of sending GM grain to Africa to increase acceptance of GMOS and U.S. exports. U.S. officials reject the accusation. "We clearly have a major humanitarian problem," says Roger Winter, assistant administrator at USAid, which distributes...
...class recently, we discussed what happens at Harvard when you encounter a professor in a public place, outside of class. Most of the time, there is no transaction; frequently, there is no eye contact. The eyes are our magical trust building tool, they are the windows to our soul. Eye contact leads to trustworthiness, to reciprocity, to a feeling of “I belong here.” I wonder about the effect that this avoidance to connect has on the construction of a community of trust; I wonder if the excellent work that takes place in some...
...inspections official told me, that the rodents who had taken up temporary residence in the offices left tracks. "It is quite eerie to walk through there," says the official. "It is like a time capsule. You can tell that the inspectors left in a hurry. There's a tool box that is open with a screw driver beside it, as if someone said, 'Let's go!' and the person using the screw driver just dropped it and left...
...live in a world of papers, letters and text; being able to translate our ideas through some other medium is a powerful and releasing tool that can complement and enhance our academic studies. Studying the poignant black and white photographs of Sebastian Salgado or the innovative architecture of Frank Gehry translates the wonders and terrors of the modern world better than any textbook or problem set ever could. We see how expression can be far more powerful in the visual medium. We need more opportunities to express ourselves in this...