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...black box, bare except for a suggestion of a tenement apartment in one corner. The most conspicuous element is a red-spattered door through which someone always seems to be bursting. Among many harsh white lights that glare down on the action, the most striking is a long thin strip at the back wall that hints of someone peering in from behind. This Crime and Punishment is equally about the social injustices of the old Russia and the arrogance of the new Soviet state, and finds a continuity between them in their lack of Christian charity and love. (Lyubimov...
Khashoggi's flamboyant life-style, besides gratifying his own inclinations, is a calculated element in his way of doing business. "Flowers and light attract nightingales and butterflies," he says, a metaphor he prefers to the more homespun "catching flies with honey." As a schoolboy in Egypt, he would earn $100, save half and use the rest to throw a party. He would be broke the next week, but, he says, "I would make a good impression, and all week everyone would invite me over." Some 15 years ago, he chartered a yacht and sailed to Sardinia, docking it between Aristotle...
What the scientific community needs to remember, however, is that research fraud is not just another tough puzzle to solve. Implementing a policy change in the peer review system or in the structure of research supervision may not address the irrational, and perhaps bizarre, element in scientific fraud: that dishonesty will almost certainly be found out, as scientists attempt to repeat and build on each other's work...
This irrational element shows the need for a reassessment of the environment of scientific research, rather than a quick fix. The dean could perhaps help to resolve his own perplexity about research fraud, if he remembered that he presides over an institution that creates the "pressure" to perform--the explanation often cited by unscrupulous scientists for their misconduct...
Prayer is an important element in Aquino's daily life and decision making. After she has queried a variety of family members, technocrats and veteran politicians, she asks for divine guidance. Although waiting for inspiration may slow her down, it also produces resolute action once she makes up her mind. On this occasion, she felt she had exhausted the advice of others without finding an answer. Aquino says that when she entered the sanctuary, she "prayed as I had never prayed before, saying, 'Please, Lord, tell me what...