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...such exceptional treatment, leading some students to question why one catastrophe deserved special philanthropic measures and the other did not. The disaster in Pakistan killed over 80,000 people and left an estimated 3.5 million survivors homeless—numbers that dwarf those that Katrina left devastated in its wake. The moral conundrum as to when to step beyond the bounds of pedagogy and into the realm of philanthropy is undeniably murky, and we recognize that there is no clear test as to when to spearhead relief efforts or other charitable causes.Given this ambiguity, we wrote in October that...
...TIME: Are you disappointed that it is so hard to find that kind of animal spirit? LEE: We did the best we could with the material we then had. Now we are switching to a new mode. The other day I attended the wake of the former chief justice. I was talking to the son, and I said, what are you doing? He's a lawyer, but he's given up law; he's now running a yoga club. He's got one in Hong Kong, he's got one here. I said, oh that's good. Where...
...Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think" [Nov. 28] served as a much-needed wake-up call to Washington officials and the American people. The hurricane disasters on the Gulf Coast had a huge impact on the collective conscience of the nation when they occurred, but as we have become involved once again in our day-to-day tasks, the cleanup and sheer loss faced in Louisiana and elsewhere are old news. This busy holiday season, let's try to keep in our hearts all those who lost everything. LINDSEY FAHEY Frankfort...
...DoD’s proposal requires special identification for foreign nationals working in laboratories and segregated work areas for information and technology to be controlled. Both these recommendations and the DoC’s come in the wake of recent suggestions, from within the government, for tighter regulations...
...original works. But, unfortunately for fans of the books and the parents dragged with them, Andrew Adamson’s (“Shrek”) work fails on two counts: accurately presenting Lewis’ classic story and creating an entertaining fantasy epic film, especially in the wake of the “Rings” series. Adamson inflates the simple, magical allegory of “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” into 140 minutes of unnecessary battle sequences, uninspired acting, and unrealistic graphics. The plot of the book is fairly simple. The four Pevensie...