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...lost trade, and can spread dysfunction far beyond its borders (for a prime example of the latter, see Afghanistan). These arguments impel Collier to a sobering conclusion: without radical international intervention, the world's poorest states are likely to remain trapped in a cycle of civil war and near-zero economic growth for decades...
...whether or not Harvard reaches zero emissions, or the Undergraduate Council’s recommendation of 11 percent reduction by 2020, the most important impact of any green project will radiate from the campus in the form of a greener lifestyle embedded in the minds and hearts of graduates. But this will only happen if they are made fully aware of each project’s merits...
...signals anything, it’s that you really don’t go to Harvard. You may be accustomed to rating potential mates on a one through 10 scale, but at Harvard we operate in binary: They’re either a one or a zero, so it’s either yes or never. But trust us; this will make justifying things to your friends the next morning a whole lot easier; I mean come on, he was definitely a one. But when you do need good service, try the Queen’s Head, and don?...
...first responders who are discovering that they are sick and in need of treatment, including 2000 New York City fire fighters. There are the presidential candidates who regularly patrol the sacred ground; Giuliani goes there in every speech, Edwards talked about confronting terrorism a few blocks from Ground Zero, and the entire political debate this week is wrapped around the progress of a war that magnifies memory and distorts it. The 9/11 attack united us; the response to it divides...
Meanwhile, at ground zero in New York City, the steel and concrete of the building that will replace the lost towers have at last risen to street level--not much compared with what was once there but plenty compared with the smoking hole the site had been. And in a briefly scary preamble to the week--one in which no one was hurt--New Yorkers jumped and then rolled their eyes as a criminal fool set off an ineptly built pipe bomb on a quiet street downtown. The locals, who now know a thing or two about what real danger...