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...Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Chivian said he believes that benefits for humans in preserving biodiversity might move both the general public and public policy makers. For this reason, he said it was important to write the book in terms the general public could understand. “We [scientists] are not trained in everyday language; we’re trained in technical language. It is a major problem if scientists can’t communicate to the public,” he said in an interview before the lecture. “We made...
...Senator John McCain’s long record of public service, including his service in the Navy and in the Senate, we cannot help but question his judgment in selecting his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. Palin’s nomination has been controversial, and while we understand her appeal to a limited slice of the electorate, we do not believe that she is prepared for the nation’s second-highest office...
...general consensus of the conference, saying, “colonialism was not a cause of conflict, but a result of it.” Panelist presented their viewpoints from their own publications or from life-experiences. “My main goal here today is I want you to understand the violence during the emergency in Kenya as a part of the colonial movement not a paradox,” said Caroline Elkins, a professor of history at Harvard and a former Radcliffe Institute fellow. The wide-ranging group of experts hail from esteemed positions in academia, nongovernmental organizations...
...Peck stops abruptly and asks, “Do you understand what I mean...
...kids understand?” I respond...