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...much can be done without building anew, and although support at the executive level is crucial, the impetus for change can come from any member of the staff. At the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Calif., for instance, Joy Colangelo, an occupational therapist, helped launch the "Green Team" about six months ago. The team's first task was to do a "waste audit" in order to tally unnecessary expenditures, says Colangelo. She found that the hospital's heart department was churning out 20 pages of patient-identification labels per patient, but using only...
Critic Lewis Mumford observed that traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past, which resonates in a country founded by generations of pilgrims willing to leave everything behind and start anew. I try to resist the traps that can make traditions toxic: the temptation to use them as cover for prejudice and cowardice and conformity, a refusal to change or stretch--"we'll do it this way because we always have...
...Houses have played an important role in Harvard’s history. Reflecting back on their original purpose and mission reminds us anew about the goals of a residential college...
...terror. Obama has called for the U.S. to focus anew on Afghanistan and Pakistan, including sending two more combat brigades to Afghanistan and coordinating the counterterror fight more closely with Islamabad. In office, though, Obama may well wind up playing the same unilateral hand as George W. Bush - launching American precision strikes against targets because he can't trust the Pakistani military. Instead, Obama would be wise to look to Indonesia. There, the government enlisted public opinion in the terror fight and combined it with capable police work. Rather than simply pouring unconditional U.S. aid into Pakistan and Afghanistan, Obama...
...Charity Begins at Home"] Other factors have forced the nation to look anew at its role in the world. A crucial consideration is the nation's dwindling birth rate. Japan is running out of workers. To fill its factories and care for a graying population, the Asian nation will need to import ever greater numbers of laborers from abroad. What better way to lure skilled immigrants to Japan - ones who might be just as interested in moving to the U.S. or Australia - than piquing their interest in all things Japanese...