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...just days after decrying the betrayal of the class of 2009, voices across Harvard’s campus changed their tune. If the previously-estimated “mere” 40 transfer admits for 2008-2009 were only just “accepted and spread out across all 12 houses,” this newspaper wrote, “the additional space constraints per house would be minimal.” (It is unclear whether or not they would also be “demoralizing.”) Other editorial writers demanded that Harvard “disclose some...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Fear and Self-Loathing | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

Planet in Peril To watch more of Anderson Cooper's worldwide investigation Planet in Peril, tune in to AC360 on CNN Mondays at 10 p.m. E.T. and visit CNN.com/planetinperil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Candidates and Climate Change | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...average American church is strangely out of tune with the Pope’s sentiment. American preachers seldom mention animal rights, except as evidence of the excesses of secular radicalism. National polls show an inverse correlation between church attendance and support for animal rights. Churches celebrate the blessing of the animals on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, and then largely ignore animal ethics for the rest of the year...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: A Papal Mercy | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...Blair "massively overstated the importance of personal charisma and personal connections," says Katwala - and Britons became disenchanted with their then leader precisely because of this closeness and the sulfurous taint of the Anglo-American alliance on Iraq. Katwala maintains that Brown's businesslike approach to foreign leaders is in tune with the times. Denis MacShane, a former Labour Foreign Office Minister, echoes the point: "Brown wants respectful state-to-state relations with tricky countries like Russia and China, but he's not getting into that schmoozy clinking of beer glasses in the best Tony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gordon Brown in America | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

Muslim Interests Those with a special interest in Islam should tune in for the Pope's interfaith meeting. One Muslim representative will be Dr. Sayyid Syeed, head of the Islamic Society of North America. Dr. Syeed noted to Voice of America News that parts of a speech the Pope gave in 2006 in Regensburg, Germany, had been "extremely painful" to Muslims, but that "I would like to make sure that if he has any misunderstanding about Islam we need to sit and discuss." He also noted that "Catholics over generations have struggled for recognition and respect. Their experience of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope's US Tour: A Substantive Guide | 4/15/2008 | See Source »

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