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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...what we don’t spend money on—saving lives, for example—relates closely to Ronell’s considerations of morals in a potentially meaningless existence and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah’s thoughts on what it means to be a cosmopolitan in an ever-shrinking world. Indeed, part of the success of “Examined Life” comes from the flow and interaction between each of the philosophers’ ideas, even though they never meet face-to-face.Taylor includes known rhetoricians such as West...

Author: By Susie Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Examined Life | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

EXTREMELY HIGH. The pool of non-Harvard females looking for Mr. Right in the form of a handsome, intelligent Harvard boy is extremely large, especially given the number of colleges in the Boston area. Cosmopolitan BU girls are right across the river, driven Babson females are a short shuttle ride away, and then there’s always Wellesley girls…enough said...

Author: By Julia S Chen | Title: Dating at Harvard, brought to you by a FlyBy female and Porter's Five | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...warned him of the risks of becoming so popular as to create impossible expectations. Yet, for now, Obama has exceeded the expectations of yet another foreign nation, leaving even President Vaclav Klaus somewhat overwhelmed in his wake. Klaus told the media the speech was not the “cosmopolitan speech” he had expected, in which Obama would exploit his presence in Prague to make a general message—instead, Klaus praised the talk as “unexpectedly Prague and unexpectedly Czech...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Prague-nosis: Excellent | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

Moment of Zen. Toronto's Cosmopolitan Hotel, whose slogan is Zen in the City, is offering free evening meditation classes. Every night at 8:30 p.m., an instructor leads a class in the hotel's solarium to reduce guests' stress level and increase relaxation. After gaining a sense of peace, you can sink into 400 threat-count Egyptian cotton sheets or relax further with a $25 credit at the hotel spa. Rates start at $152 per night, including complimentary tea when you check in. 8 Colborne Street, Toronto, Ontario...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotel Freebies: Yoga Classes and Spa Treatments | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...meantime, Edwards may become a cosmopolitan human rights activist.  He told the Brown Daily Herald in an interview that he has already been to Haiti...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

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