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...world, the Commission on Smart Power—a bipartisan project chaired by Kennedy School of Government professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage—has suggested that the emphasis on a narrow “War on Terror” driven by self-interest should be replaced by “an American commitment to providing for the global good.” More than a symbol, then, the act of reconsidering “Homeland Security” can serve as the first step in demonstrating America?...
...Your eye that never stops. I guess that stuck in my mind. I cannot think of shooting a film without moving the camera.”The naturalness of her material, Miniucchi said, comes from just observing life, love, and abuse. The result was an honest, character-driven love story that never would have happened in Hollywood.When it came to casting the female protagonist, Miniucchi had only independent actress Morton in mind.“I couldn’t find anybody in Hollywood playing a character like this that you would believe that was an everyday kind of person...
...Midland's state representative, who happens to be speaker of the Texas House. If approved and constructed, the route would significantly increase the number of long-haul trucks bringing goods from Mexico through Marfa. In 2006, the average number of trucks crossing the U.S. border at Presidio and being driven the 60 miles (about 100 km) north to Marfa each day was 17. With La Entrada, that number would be anywhere from 300 to 800 trucks a day. To make room, a pair of two-lane roads will be widened to four-lane divided highways. Allison Scott, a 29-year...
...reap the benefits of the open culture of the digital world at an event at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday evening. Berners-Lee received the third annual Pathfinder Award from the Kennedy School’s Leadership for a Networked World program, which aims to educate leaders about changes driven by the digitalization of information. The award recognizes individuals who have made innovations in government through technology. “The government’s challenges have been fundamentally influenced by the World Wide Web,” said Jerry E. Mechling ’65, director of the Networked...
...ticket as the vice-presidential nominee in the summer, the campaign could have used the North Carolina Methodist much in the same way that Al Gore's campaign dispatched Joseph Lieberman to engage religious voters in 2000. Edwards carried with him a leather-bound copy of The Purpose-Driven Life, a popular devotional book by the Evangelical author and megachurch pastor Rick Warren. Edwards' copy was worn from daily reading, a discipline he shared with tens of millions of other Americans who owned the book...