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...contractual agreement with the company, and that I am not to disclose what I’ve heard on threat of civil action. It seems in this case that I should be protected if I choose to provide this information: If I’m to be allowed to weigh fairly my claims about medications, I ought to be able to rely on everything I know...
...dining halls and on the campus open e-mail lists of Harvard College, Summers’ remarks have sparked a flurry of debate as students take a break from studying for final exams to weigh in on the University president’s latest foray into the national spotlight...
...draft was in effect during the Vietnam years, while today's Army is all volunteer. And, in contrast to the Vietnam era, Americans continue to support the troops in Iraq even if many oppose the war. Still, the Iraq war has changed how many young people weigh a decision to sign up for the military. "People used to think they could just join up to get money for college, and so it was easier to recruit," says Curtis Mills, 31, an Army reservist who served in Iraq as a military-police sergeant for six months in 2003. "But with what...
...state legislatures lively debate could weigh the social costs and benefits of the procedure in a reasoned (perhaps scientific) manner, and talk of the “right to privacy” or “abortion as murder” might decline a bit. All passions would not die down unless everyone can agree on exactly when life begins, but an improvement would be possible...
...century Roman reference to "Jesus, the so-called Christ," a "wise man" who "won over many of the Jews and also many of the Greeks," and who is described as crucified in accounts from the next century. Beyond such testimony, there are literary tools used to weigh plausibility. Were the Christian narratives written close after the events? Were there many talkative eyewitnesses? Do they agree? The details of Jesus' birth--in a humble place attended by only a few--are ill suited to the first two criteria. Mark and John do not tell about the Nativity at all. And despite...