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...even with greater industrial environmental consciousness, says Faulkner, "there could clearly be no prospect for sustainable development in either the developed or the developing world without government incentives." The nations that wield those carrots and sticks most skillfully will be the leaders of the new green revolution, and their industries will eventually be the ones to profit from...
...take on the special interests that have been blocking needed legislation on a national level any more effectively than he has stood up to special interests in Arkansas? The situations of course are not fully comparable: Clinton would presumably come to power with a mandate for change and would wield far more power in the Oval Office than any Governor -- and especially any Governor of Arkansas -- ever can. Nonetheless, it is a troubling question that Clinton has not yet put to rest...
Obviously the "edited" version of this statement that The Crimson printed does serious injustice to the point I actually made in my speech. At best, this represents irresponsible journalism; at worst, it indicates exploitation of the privilege you wield in conveying "factual information" to the Harvard community...
...victory, or the full play of the electoral process, which risks empowering radical fundamentalists who might prove antagonistic to the give-and-take of democracy. After the F.I.S. swept the first round of voting on Dec. 26, the military was hardly alone in its fears that the fundamentalists might wield their legislative clout to impose an Islamic republic. Nearby African and Arab states breathed a sigh of relief after the military intrusion, which the Tunisian daily As-Sabah characterized as "a last-minute change of direction by a train heading toward the abyss...
Some men last week were also impatient with the way the issue has been cast. Though his view is hardly typical, Fredric Hayward, the executive director of Men's Rights Inc. in Sacramento, examines the exact same situations but finds a different victim. Men may wield professional power, he says, but women have sexual power. "If I or a woman does not get a job because a female competitor displays more enticing cleavage, then what are we victims of?" he asks. "If I or a woman does not get a promotion because a female competitor has an affair with...