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Indeed, the modern animal protection movement began with Christian reformers in 19th century England. After attacking the abuses of slavery and child labor, reformers like William Wilberforce, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, and Anglican Priest Arthur Broome turned their efforts to man’s sins against animals, co-founding the...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: A Papal Mercy | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

The 1947 Gregory Peck movie, “Gentleman’s Agreement,” features Peck as a reporter who goes undercover, pretending to be Jewish. After experiencing private and public prejudices, he realizes that his personal objection to anti-Semitism is not enough. He must speak up...

Author: By Ryder B. Kessler | Title: The Emperor’s Boy | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

Hearing the objection, McCain dropped his amendment, but the incident left a bad taste with several of the committee's Democrats. They knew that smaller television companies were pushing hard to loosen the FCC rules. Two of those companies were Glencairn and Paxson Communications, which had hired Hector Alcalde to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting McCain to the Ethics Test | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

Advocates of a new Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) program in Quincy House, whose dining hall will stop putting out trays on Thursdays during the month of February, say it will reduce waste by forcing students to take less food at a time. In the end, the argument goes, undergraduates...

Author: By Daniel P. Robinson | Title: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch | 2/19/2008 | See Source »

German Literature Professor Judith L. Ryan, the last to speak before the issue went to a vote, addressed Mansfield’s objection, arguing that students are qualified to constructively assess their teachers.

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Passes Q Reforms | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

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