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...politicians and money-hungry exploiters who rape our earth in the name of development. Johan Van Der Merwe Hilton, South Africa The Dance Of The Veils Re columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's essay "Nothing to Hide" [Oct. 16], on the controversy surrounding former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's request that Muslim women remove their veils in his office: The political and religious debate between Islamic fundamentalists and the West regarding female modesty cleverly sidesteps the root responsibility as being in Islamic religion or, as Alibhai-Brown says scornfully, in females themselves, "as carriers of original sin." That some Muslim...
...becoming a de facto public spokesman for those opposing the Church's centuries-old tradition of priestly celibacy, however, may have offered Benedict a unique opportunity to clearly state his position on this hot-button request early in his papacy, as John Paul II did in his second year in office. Vatican sources note that there are several prominent Cardinals who want to at least fine tune the policy on celibacy. "I don't think the Pope cares about Milingo," says one senior Vatican official. "But he wants to give the Cardinals a chance to have their...
...year stint at the firm’s helm. His replacement as endowment chief was former bond manager Mohamed A. El-Erian, who built a formidable record while managing over $28 billion in emerging market debt at Pacific Investment Management Company. El-Erian did not return a request for comment about Harvard’s Univision investment last night. —Staff writer Nicholas M. Ciarelli can be reached at ciarelli@fas.harvard.edu...
...Harvard’s librarians were to have the guts to challenge the constitutionality of “national security letters” in court—as four Connecticut librarians recently did, persisting long enough for the FBI to drop first the gag rule and then the information request altogether—we seem to be stuck in a situation where we will remain uncertain about the privacy of our research. Every member of the Harvard community, from part-time undergraduates to tenured faculty, has cause for concern. There is nothing more unsavory than the concept of honest academic...
...troop withdrawal as a bold move that helped Democrats win last week's elections. Still, it's not entirely clear how strongly Pelosi will back Murtha; her letter doesn't actually ask others to join his camp, but simply points out that it is in response to Murtha's request for an endorsement...