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...that. It's a licorice that these power children really cannot stop themselves licking. I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum. You spoke today to teenagers in Berlin about the wisdom of your grandfather, who told you never to run from a fight. Is there a reason why you chose to speak on this topic in Europe today? It is a parable. Definitely I had in mind what is happening in Sudan: the failure to curb the aggression and the racist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Wole Soyinka | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

More than two years ago, after Howard Dean's presidential campaign crashed and burned in the Iowa primary, the conventional wisdom was that his enthusiastic Internet supporters may have been able to raise millions online, but didn't pack much political power. When Dean invited them to knock on doors and make phones calls in Iowa in the final days of the primary, their rabid enthusiasm seemed to turn off Iowans - he lost there, and in 25 straight primaries. And once Dean's campaign died, the liberal bloggers' role in the presidential election was much smaller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spirit of Howard Dean | 6/13/2006 | See Source »

...world” and, citing recent rulings about the constitutionality of racially conscious decisions in public schools, said that “the Court never loses its capacity to surprise.” Jeffrey E. Jamison, a class marshal, said Greenhouse provided “both insight and wisdom.” “Since we’re all law school geeks, we found it fantastic,” he said. The Class Day exercises also included remarks by other class marshals, who spoke about their experiences at the traditionally button-down and competitive law school by remembering...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law School Warms Up to Greenhouse | 6/8/2006 | See Source »

...Also in the summer of 2003, Incoming Interim Faculty Dean Jeremy R. Knowles—the chemist who served as FAS dean from 1991 to 2002—issued a lengthy memo outlining his objections to Summers’ plans for Allston and questioning the wisdom of moving so much science infrastructure across the river. With a new committee led by Buehrens set to unveil a report about science in Allston in July, Mendelsohn says the Allston committees continue to be “closed” and comprised of faculty members who will receive space in the new buildings...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers Leaves Stamp on Allston | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...Stem Cell Institute, formed under Summers’ leadership, announced its intention to trailblaze human embryo cloning research with the intention of creating disease- and patient-specific stem cell lines. With respect to globalization, Summers has helped effect considerable cultural change at Harvard. After years in which the conventional wisdom was that a semester spent away from Harvard was a lost semester, students have begun studying abroad in record numbers. Summers also helped establish a Chilean office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and upon his recent visit to India, indicated that a similar initiative will soon...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Summers’ Legacy | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

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