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...Africa. It might also be possible to consider limiting the time for a chosen location to a period not to exceed 20 or 25 years. Trond Foyn Oslo, Norway Man-Made Deity "Is God in Our Genes?" was interesting but hardly surprising [Nov. 29]. The answer to the basic question of whether religion was created by man from cues sent from above or a sense of the divine evolved in us has long seemed obvious to north Europeans of my generation: man made God out of a need for a God and benefited from the invention. I was, however, surprised...
Perhaps an even bigger challenge to the organization is the task of coming up with a clear and inclusive agenda. During the civil rights era, poor and middle-class blacks were united in their need for basic access to schools, housing and jobs. Now a growing black middle class has moved out of the inner cities and become increasingly detached from the needs of poor blacks. Some 27% of black households earned more than $50,000 a year in 2001, vs. just 12% in 1971, according to U.S. Census data, adjusted for inflation. Despite those gains, about 20% of blacks...
...Bridging the Gap I fully agree with your article about the existence of two Indias: the haves and the have-nots [Dec. 6]. Any development is meaningless if we are unable to provide basic facilities to all Indians. The middle class has an important role to play in this. If all those in the middle and upper classes donated just 5% of their income to charity, it would make a big difference. Much of the investment that has come into India in recent years has been confined to certain regions and selected industries. The government should increase investment...
...There's something eternal in the basic narrative,' says John Neumeier, artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet ... 'A woman who's very pure and trusting and in the end very strong, and a man who's made a great mistake' ... It's a simple enough story: Giselle, a frail young peasant girl, [goes mad and] dies after she finds out that her lover Albrecht?who is from a much higher rung on the social ladder?has deceived her ... Prima ballerinas want to dance Giselle. It's a part that can make or break careers ... 'It's considered the same...
...even worse is the screening system’s huge potential for abuse of power, by allowing screeners to select whomever they want based on “visual observation.” In addition, while the new protocols may have good intent, in practice they clearly violate basic standards. For example, although female passengers are allowed to request a screener of the same sex, they often have no choice. Felkins says that a male screener did ask her if she felt uncomfortable being examined by a male. Worrying about missing her flight, she looked around for female screeners...