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...will effectively force them to. Moreover, HMS will be providing support to its smoking staff and students in the form of smoking cessation programs. Such programs reiterate the Med School’s emphasis on long-term healthy habits, rather than a mere attempt to cleanse its campus of toxic smoke. HMS is not the first of the schools of Harvard University to ban smoking from its grounds; the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard School of Dental Medicine have already put in place similar regulations, so the question could be asked, why not the rest of Harvard...
Critics of the report call that conclusion an absurd stretch, especially since there is no published evidence that the coca leaf itself is toxic or addictive. Foremost among the detractors is left-wing Bolivian President Evo Morales, who remains head of one of the country's largest coca-growing unions and was elected as Bolivia's first indigenous head of state in 2005 in part because of his defense of the leaf. "This leaf," Morales said at last year's U.N. General Assembly, holding one up at the podium, "represents... the hope of our people." Bolivia accounts for about...
Still, given the outcome of his leadership of Vivendi--a forced resignation as the company teetered, paralyzed by nearly $35 billion in debt--one might suspect he'd be radioactive. If so, the toxic glow didn't last long. "Soon after I created Messier Partners," he says, "I was working with a big U.S. CEO, and I asked him why he'd chosen to work with me when he has all the major American investment banks at his feet.He said, 'Jean-Marie, how could I trust the advice of someone who has only ever had success?' To be able...
...peace is to hold, however, it is important to understand the forces underlying it - to recognize that Kenya's near-death experience was caused not by ethnicity alone, but by its toxic mix with politics. Because Kenya's constitution vests disproportionate powers in the presidency, the ethnic group to which a President belongs - in Kibaki's case, the Kikuyu - has typically been seen as the beneficiary of unequal access to justice and economic opportunity. Combine this with a corrupt political élite given to extravagant displays of consumption, and it is no wonder that powerful resentments have built...
...small Middle Eastern country with a population of a mere 4 million, the Lebanese have a surprisingly good game. Lebanon often ranks near the top of the Asian championships, lagging just behind the likes of China (population 1.3 billion). But even on court, the country's toxic brew of sectarianism and politics causes as much excitement as the athletes. All 12 of Lebanon's semi-professional basketball teams have some sort of religious or political affiliation. And despite the fact that fans from rival teams are segregated into stands on opposite sides of the court, fights break out so regularly...