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...Kennedy School went through a period oftraining smart, bright analysts. Although that isan important function of the institution, wemissed some opportunities to worry about theproblems of the disenfranchised, which is verymuch a role for us," he said, adding that in thepast the Kennedy School has concentrated more onthe academic rather than the professional aspectof social service...
...Security Council, cannot be blamed for the indiscretions of a Democratic presidential candidate and the peccadilloes of a popular preacher. But moral leadership "should come from people in public office," argues Sissela Bok, a professor of philosophy at Brandeis University. "Aristotle said that people in government exercise a teaching function. Among other things, we see what they do and think that is how we should act. Unfortunately, when they do things that are underhanded or dishonest, that teaches...
...House, the transplant was a last resort in a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. CF victims produce abnormally thick, sticky mucus and other secretions that block normal lung function and interfere with digestion. Babies born with CF used to die in early childhood, but today more than half reach their early 20s, thanks to a battery of drugs that control lung infections, aid digestion and limit secretions. Still, few survive beyond the age of 30. House's lungs were "just about gone," according to his father, and for three years he had used an oxygen tank while he installed...
...American nuclear weapons be based in the territory of Western Europe, capable of reaching targets inside the Soviet Union and guaranteeing that the U.S. would not just come to Europe's defense but would do so with nuclear weapons. The independent deterrents of Britain and France by definition cannot function as an American trip wire, and U.S.-based strategic weapons might sit out a war in Europe. U.S. short-range and battlefield weapons might blunt a Soviet blitzkrieg but cannot carry the war to the Soviet homeland. In the jargon of nukespeak, some Europe-based, intermediate-range American weapons...
...with the opportunityto keep up with the achievements of Russian art.In their painting, then, the Itinerants embodiedthe intellectual spirit of the age. Turning to thepeople both for the source and the end of theirart, they created a body of work intensely andself-consciously Russian in its character,execution and function...