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...being monitored and professors policed by state governments as they legislate so-called “academic bills of rights.” Academic blacklists have been issued by Campus Watch and Lynn Cheney’s American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which smell just like the un-American activities committees of yesteryear...
...terms of nuclear disarmament, there is a place for every citizen to contribute....I believe we need every society to step up to the plate.” ElBaradei was jointly awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a body affiliated with the UN for which he has served as director general since 1997. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee commended ElBaradei’s “efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest way possible...
Greedy lawyers in the private transnational adoptions sector are creating unnecessary family separations, Rosa M. Ortiz, a member of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child, said in a debate at Harvard last night. Arguing against her was Elizabeth Bartholet, Wasserstein public interest professor of law, who said that the global community should promote international adoption because the children affected generally grow up in loving, healthy families, which otherwise might not be possible. Bartholet and Ortiz made their assertions as part of a debate on the topic of transnational adoptions hosted by the Harvard University Committee...
...average moviegoer intrigued until the very end, even though the build is far from perfect. The shock value of the film—in the first scene, a man’s survival is contingent upon his slicing into his own eye (a cutting homage to “Un Chien Andalou”)—will entertain viewers and enable them to overlook the script’s limitations. Much of the plot’s complexities and intrigue are dropped in the interest of an easy conclusion. Additionally, the script gives little insight into the motivation behind...
...average moviegoer intrigued until the very end, even though the build is far from perfect. The shock value of the film—in the first scene, a man’s survival is contingent upon his slicing into his own eye (a cutting homage to “Un Chien Andalou”)—will entertain viewers and enable them to overlook the script’s limitations...