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...know the public-interest argument: the networks use the public airwaves, multi-billion dollar assets that they don't pay a cent for, so they owe the public a certain amount of public-affairs programming, even if it costs them. It's a valid point. But the ideal solution would be not to give the networks that access for free, but rather make them pay, and let the people decide how to spend that money in their own interest...
...This is a very fuzzy area of the law," says Dr. Frank Palumbo, director of the University of Maryland Center on Drugs and Public Policy in Baltimore. "I could see law enforcement going after you, because you're in possession of a controlled substance without a valid prescription...
...country in the 21st century. Prince Talal, a senior member of the al Saud clan and a strong Abdullah ally, is outspoken in calling for greater change, starting with putting religion in its proper place in society. "Freedom, democracy, women's rights, human rights - these are all valid and we have to address them as soon as possible," says Talal. "A dialogue between the rulers and the ruled is what we are calling for." But, as Talal acknowledges, such a dialogue is not easy to bring about without bolder leadership. "In all honesty, I regret that I do not know...
...person was considered an intellectual if they were educated in literature, if they could, say, quote The Canterbury Tales. That’s no longer the case,” Hauser argues. “To be an intellectual and be ignorant to science is no longer valid,” he says. Summers, who has repeatedly complained that Harvard students think it is “fine to not know the difference between a gene and a chromosome,” certainly agrees. Hauser is optimistic about solving this problem. Between teachers like Stephen Jay Gould, who is Agassiz...
...addition to his procedural complaint, Vaux believes that Faculty have not raised valid objections to tenuring a position in phonology...