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...first time ever, a European Commissioner for the Environment traveled to Boston to discuss environmental issues, speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School in the afternoon after meeting with Democratic State Senator Mark R. Pacheco. Stavros Dimas’ talk at the Kennedy School focused on the European Union??s proactive commitment to tackling climate change—the body’s “number one priority”—and entreated the United States to follow suit. “There is a domestic part and an international part to our [environmental] legislation...
...Next President of the United States of America,” is part of the “Challenges of the 21st Century” series organized by Renée Haferkamp of the Center for European Studies. But despite the politically-charged title, Barroso, head of the Union??s highest executive branch, kept his distance from the upcoming election. About the evolving U.S.-E.U. rapport, Barroso quipped “Europe is not what it was 10 years ago,” adding “more of the same will not suffice.” Barroso...
...three American presidential candidates disagree on whether and how to engage with North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Cuba, but they uniformly agree that the United States should neither reach out to Hamas—considered a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel, and the European Union??nor pressure Israel to do so. Yet in spite of such unanimity, prominent Americans, including former President Jimmy Carter and former National Security Advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, have continued to press Israel to end its boycott of Hamas, as if the lack of peace in the region is the result...
...were barred from competing in the 1980 Moscow Games as a result of the U.S. boycott were asked, in then-Vice President Walter Mondale’s words, “to pay a price that couldn’t be repaid,” while the Soviet Union??s ensuing boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games hardly had the humiliating consequence the Soviets hoped for, as the world witnessed the most commercially and financially successful Games in history. Rather than outright non-participation, the pedestal of the games should be used to cast a vivid spotlight...
...could continue to impact the community,” said BSA Arts and Entertainment Chair Brittany J. Walker-Meade ’10. The event hosted approximately 175 undegraduates, alumni, and members of the greater Boston community, according to Sarah Lockridge-Steckel ’09, president of BSA. Union??s closing address focused on her experience as a teenage rape victim. In her speech, Union stressed the importance of using personal fortune to help others. She said that her celebrity status has enabled her to make an impact on the fight against sex crimes. Many audience members...