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...prior owner of my copy of The Prince, for example, thought it necessary to repeatedly point out a certain “Machiavellian” quality he was picking up on in the text. Someone else used the margins of James Joyce’s Dubliners to observe how “very Irish” it all was. And a reader of my German history textbook circled every single word in a wholly unimportant paragraph, and then wrote “Hitler was a man” in the margin...

Author: By Charlie E. Riggs | Title: Margin of Error | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

HUAM and other university museums have special access to archaeology departments, which is perhaps accompanied by a certain degree of responsibility. "I do see a call to university museums to put out an extra call to archeologists, because they are part of the community," Ebbinghaus says...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman and Elsa S. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Illegal Exhibits | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...reaction provides an insight into our natural empathy with certain animals. Jeffrey Masson ’64, a bestselling author on the emotions of animals, told me that the golf incident reflects an instinctual human affinity for pets and wildlife, heightened by the exposure that modern media gives us to these creatures. “We’re so similar emotionally to animals, but we only believe it when we see it for ourselves… and now with nature documentaries and YouTube videos we’re seeing...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Red Hawk Down | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...appalled by cruelty to a hawk but indifferent to chickens treated as trash? Masson argues that the problem is not human malice, but rather a lack of exposure to certain animals. He suggests that as more people begin keeping hens as pets, and learn more about the emotional intelligence of pigs and horses, attitudes are changing. “There’s a whole new animal consciousness arising, and it’s against cruelty to any animal...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Red Hawk Down | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...Algeria and Libya, and over the northern sections of Mauritania, Mali and Niger. The French official says around 150 fighters traveling in four-wheel trucks move about freely in the region, running munitions and materials, training new recruits, and abducting and holding any kidnap victims. Indeed, officials are virtually certain AQIM has transported Kloiber and Ebner to northern Mali or southern Algeria, the same area where the GSPC kept 31 captured European tourists hidden in 2003 until Germany allegedly paid a ransom). But because AQIM action is driven in part by the need for ransom payments, French officials hope these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda Threat to N. Africa Tourists | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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