Word: humaneness
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...Columbine anniversary, as well as the recent tragedy the National Zoo this past Monday, should be an occasion for sober reflection. What gun policies are effective at saving human life? In America, at least, the answer is clear. The facts stare us in the face, and we have but to summon the courage to confront them honestly. The memory of the victims demands nothing less...
Whereas elite universities (in theory, at least) concern themselves with the heights of human excellence, pop music seems universally low. This is due in part to the fact that such music is popular: It appeals not to aesthetes, but to the musically unsophisticated masses. If the musically knowledgeable enjoy it all the same, it is not by virtue of their knowledge: One can learn to appreciate a Mendelssohn concerto; the same is not true of, say, a given track on the latest Violent Femmes CD. One either enjoys it or not--there's no learning involved...
What kept him going, in part, was something he read in his youth by the early 20th century Russian author Vasily Rozanov: "What he remains in my mind for is a piece in which he said, 'I opened my eyes and here was the world. Here was this great human and divine enterprise.' And it was as though I had just opened my eyes on what human existence was, really. It was my turn." Bellow takes that turn again, childlike wonder and all, in Ravelstein, when Chick says, "In the interval of light between the darkness in which you awaited...
...panel increased the recommended daily intake of vitamin E for both men and women to 15 mg, or 22 IU (international units), if it comes in the form of alpha-tocopherol, which is the only type human blood can store and transfer to cells. For d-alpha-tocopherol, another form of the vitamin, the daily limit is 1,000 mg, or 1,500 IU. For dl-alpha-tocopherol, a synthetic form of vitamin E, the limit is 700 mg, or 1,100 IU. As for selenium, the upper limit is 55 micrograms...
...Human Rights A plethora of groups fighting sweatshop labor and globalization...