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...striking aspects of Le Pen's campaign this year has been his widening appeal to the voters in France's crime-ridden banlieues, or suburbs. After the riots of November 2005, suburban residents registered in droves to vote for the first time. Conventional wisdom had it that most would support the left. But in the last few years, Le Pen has consciously tried to broaden his political appeal, in a makeover masterminded by his daughter and political strategist Marine. The younger Le Pen has persuaded her father to tone down his more controversial policies, avoid the inflammatory comments that have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter Stage Far Right | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...Worldly Wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 12, 2007 | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...birds and the bees” talk with their children, but not all do. While literature does not replace this role, I would rather a child increase their vocabulary—in male anatomical terms or any other—through reading than through absorption of playground wisdom or a television...

Author: By Ronald K. Kamdem | Title: Not So Lucky | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard—namely what students can do to meet challenges they face while pursuing their enterprise ideas. The informal discussion was facilitated by Vice President and co-founder of HCEF Michael Segal ’09 and included alumnae who were on hand to share their real world wisdom with students. Beardsley Ruml II ’64, computer programmer and entrepreneur, advised eager students at the forum that it is not the brilliance of the idea that counts, but rather the work that students are willing to put into the idea. The most common issue raised by students...

Author: By Anthony J. Micallef, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Learn To Launch Start-Ups | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...Publisher”), which risks presenting them as archetypes instead of real people. How could a chapter entitled “The Scholar” capture the life of a man by reducing him to one label and all of its connotations? But after reading the chapter, the wisdom of Barrett’s minimalist chapter headings becomes clear.By introducing Khaled Abou El Fadl to the world as “The Scholar,” Barrett strives to illuminate the role of the scholarly Muslim in American society. The chapter does not even begin with Abou El Fadl?...

Author: By Jessica A. Berger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Barrett Seeks Islam’s ‘Soul’ | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

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