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...general election expected a year from now. "Blair is bowing to political reality," says one Labour official, and the Prime Minister himself put it in only slightly more elevated terms: "There is no point in continuing to have an argument about ... whether we are arrogant in refusing to listen to people. Let's clear it all out of the way and have a debate on the substance." Can he win? British bookmaker Ladbrokes gave odds of 8 to 1 against. Dominic Cummings, former director of a successful campaign against the euro, cites polls showing acute skepticism...
...hate that simply shouldn’t be forgotten. By comparing our experiences, we’re better able to formulate real strategies against homophobia and ultimately recognize it as a pervasive problem that still requires attention at Harvard and beyond. So share your reactions to the speak-out, listen to the stories of your friends and classmates and carry them with you as you live out your life. Subtle forms of homophobia are easy to miss, but devastate the people they affect the most. Whether you sat on the Science Center lawn with us or not, this...
...international sex trafficking, a global blight that each year ensnares an estimated two to four million women and children and forces them into sexual servitude. For years, the U.S. government did little to confront the issue. But when evangelical Christians began voicing concerns the President was quick to listen, and strong new legislation soon followed...
...Today, in our, honor courses, competent college students are invited to forage for themselves, and to discuss as well as to listen. In our seminaries they sit around a table in high intellectual companionship with the advanced student that we call the professor. In the laboratory the student with his own hands and eyes and brain must find out th truth or retire in defeat. Slowly we are learning that the only training that lasts is selftraining, and that unless the student educates himself, his remains forever a closed and darkened mind...
...AM/FM industry doesn't seem too concerned. Arbitron estimates that 228 million Americans ages 12 and up still listen to broadcast radio weekly, and radio remains the top broadcast medium after TV for advertisers who want to reach a mass market. Radio ad sales in Arbitron markets are forecast to rise 5.5% this year, to $14 billion, according to BIA Financial Network, a media consultancy in Chantilly, Va. Yet as more consumers tune to stations like Radioparadise, those numbers could slip. Goldsmith's thoughtful playlists are organized by musical theme, moving from, say, a bluesy Tracy Chapman tune...