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Altshuler’s announcement comes at a time of rapid turnover at the helm of Harvard’s schools, and it means that the University’s next president will be left with at least three dean appointments upon assuming office...
...Even without a Reason and Faith requirement, students can study how different religions answer these questions through courses in the Religion Department or at the Divinity School. But requiring that all students take a course about religion sends a clear message: Harvard does not look down upon the millions of people in this country and around the world who entertain the idea that there may be a God. In fact, such a requirement would show that Harvard requires its graduates to respect religion and acknowledge that religious people can be very intellectual. Requiring religion classes will broaden?...
...their their losses as possible. However, I don't believe the vehicle that the government has chosen to pursue is an efficient way to do that. There's so much civil litigation out there already - now that they do not have a criminal conviction to anchor their forfeiture upon, this is nothing more than another civil suit. It's a use of taxpayer dollars to attempt to recover in a method that's really duplicative of many of these civil suits...
...authoritarian types tend to drop out because it takes about two years to complete a project and all decisions and rules for the community are by consensus. New members can jump in at any time, even after the project is built, but must pledge to abide by the agreed-upon bylaws...
When North Korea exploded its nuclear device at 10:36 a.m. on Oct. 9, Shinzo Abe's plane was en route from Beijing to Seoul for a summit with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. Upon landing, the new Japanese Prime Minister hurriedly gathered his staff at their Seoul hotel to devise Japan's response to the test. Some aides suggested canceling the summit and returning home to Tokyo immediately. Abe refused. "He was very clear that we weren't going to show that we were confused or anxious," says Hiroshige Seko, a special adviser to the Prime Minister...