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...that architecture has produced both museums and gas chambers, that opera has both uplifted audiences and inspired the Nazis, and so on. It makes it sound as if the choice between science and technology on the one hand, and superstition and ignorance on the other, is a moral toss-up! Of course students should know about both the bad and good effects of technology. But this hardly seems like the best way for a great university to justify the teaching of science. The report goes on to emphasize the relevance of science to current concerns like global warming and stem...
...several of the author’s outdated or nonsensical jokes. Perhaps in an attempt to liven up the book, Schelling provides too many examples for concepts that only require one or two. At one point, he even tries to make the book more interactive, coaxing the reader to toss coins in order to better understand how a neighborhood might be spread out racially...
...keep paying on the life policy. But if you're inclined to let your life insurance run out or surrender it for its cash value, consider a life settlement first. Like finding something of value amid the junk in your attic, you'll be happy you didn't just toss...
...they’re happy, we have good weather, good rowing conditions.”The best way to please these deep-sea deities, as any good pagan knows, is human sacrifice. Thus, when a mischievous or simply uninformed rower disrespects the code, the LP holds full license to toss the offender into the Charles River, temporarily assuaging the gods’ appetite, and cleansing the oarsman of his transgression.“[The river gods are] always hungry for lightweight rowers,” Benkreira said. “I try to give them what they want...
...Republicans admit that at least three Senate seats - Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Montana - are likely to switch to the Democrats. The Foley scandal and bad news from Iraq has hurt Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in Ohio. But to make up the remaining two seats, Democrats need to win the toss-up race in Missouri and the open Republican seat in Tennessee, or stage a surprising win in Virginia. At the same time, two seats in Maryland and New Jersey are likely to go to Democrats but are still in play and must be defended. Says the G.O.P. strategist, "Despite some...