Word: humaneness
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...OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF WHY HE WON: At last, some plain language from the Nobel folks!: "For his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular...
While much of academia considers the abstract or the obscure, international development issues are concrete and of enormous relevance. Those seriously concerned about human welfare have a responsibility to learn about and fight for the billions of people who, by accident of birth, do not live in rich countries. As well as teaching Harvard students, the CID seeks to educate decision-makers in the outside world; it regularly speaks to legislators, aid workers and philanthropists about how best to help those who need it most...
Allegra Pacheco, an Israeli human rights lawyer, gave an introductory speech at the vigil, describing what she called a "chain of suffering and violence" in the Middle East...
...Clinton] is destined to continue to play a significant role on the world stage--from domestic issues like health care and race relations, to international issues like AIDS, human rights and peace," says Christopher F. Edley Jr., a Harvard Law School professor and Clinton adviser. "Fundraising for undergraduate athletic facilities would be easy for him, but hardly fulfilling...
...cause is worthy...but this group [of alumni] tends to be conservative in their views," said James, who represented clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss in a 1997 case concerning human rights issues...