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Oppenheimer described a recent incident at lunchtime when she forgot to check the ingredients in a new soup—which happened to contain peanuts. A member of the Mather dining hall staff immediately approached her, notified her about the soup, apologized, and even removed it from the day’s dinner menu...
...When the leaders gathered this week reconvene in 2012 to assess the progress on controlling loose nukes, Americans will judge for themselves whether the effort to contain loose nukes goes beyond symbolic declarations...
...actions that are under their direct control. Under this hybrid model, the kids who got paid did better on their standardized reading tests. Because of the small size of the school system, the Washington sample was less well balanced than those in the other cities. But its results contain one remarkable finding: the kids who were helped the most by the experiment were the ones who are normally among the hardest to reach. "The typical reform helps girls more than it helps boys," Fryer says. "[This] is the opposite. In D.C., all the results are being driven by the boys...
...equilibrium Fukuyama anticipates would likely contain not only a certain regime but also a certain view of liberty. Specifically, the trajectory of modern liberal democracy seems aimed at an apex of liberty in which freedom is maximized within the constraints of the “harm principle.” The harm principle states that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a political community against his will is to prevent harm to others. Such an idea boils down to a simple but effective approach to life: “Don?...
...Americans as well, in addition to the anticipated Kandahar attack." Cross-border infiltration - and coordination - between the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban remains a key obstacle. Rizvi says the threat posed by the linkage will take ?several years of earnest effort? by coalition and Pakistani forces to contain...