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...band members still seem shocked that they have succeeded in shifting their context from lucky punks to relevant, opus-making adults. Just contemplating the upcoming Grammys stuns them into silence. Eventually Armstrong admits, "I never thought I'd say this, but I'd really like to win Album of the Year. It would be meaningful to me, and without tooting my own horn, I kind of think we might even deserve it." He kind of might even be right...
Hopkins says she saw Summers’ remarks at the conference as unconstructive in the context of psychological research...
...understand more about the double-edged quality of idealism than we did four years ago. We know more about the dangers of imposing "freedom" by force of arms. As the man said, "Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen." In context, with the Iraqi elections less than a week away, the President's sweeping oratory almost sounds a bit defensive. It is entirely possible-probable, according to intelligence sources-that the newly elected Iraqi government will attempt to establish its legitimacy by calling for a quick timetable for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops. If the Iraqis make such...
...article in the Boston Globe, it is clear that he was not looking to show that women are inherently inferior to men in math and science during his last Friday at the National Bureau of Economic Research. But while Summers’ remarks may have been taken out of context, the comments and controversies surrounding his statements are not without merit. On the contrary, I believe that this subsequent discussion has raised some important points about the role of women in math and science, which, from my perspective as a woman studying mathematics, deserve further emphasis...
...media frenzy when he suggested at an economics conference last Friday that the scarcity of female scientists at elite universities may stem from “innate” differences between the sexes, although two Harvard professors who heard the speech said his remarks have been taken out of context...