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...Ways to Change the World Your article "Africa, Business Destination" was a welcome recognition of the importance of trade and business development as tools for combating poverty [March 23]. But I have to correct a suggestion in the piece that Bono and Bob Geldof seek to represent Africans in their work as activists. They work in partnership with leading Africans but never suggest they represent Africans. Bono and Geldof represent themselves and others who want to see the world's richest governments keep the commitments they have made to Africa. These two have also argued that trade and investment will...
...brain, and the mind it creates, is designed to seek out patterns in the environment, to interpret those patterns in a meaningful way and to look for causal mechanisms that can explain those patterns. In general, that leads to natural models of the world, but it can also lead you to a supernatural view, which is simply any explanation that goes beyond what we currently understand as the natural boundaries...
...THAN A ROOMIn numerous interviews with The Crimson, students said they were unaware that the term SCR refers to a group of interdisciplinary faculty, tutors, and other House affiliates.The Office of Residential Life defines the function of the SCR as providing “undergraduates with an opportunity to seek support and advice from members of the Harvard community at various stages of their professional careers.”“In any other social circumstance, you don’t always meet someone who becomes a lifelong friend or mentor,” said Myra A. Mayman...
...women’s music movement. “Like a lot of women’s work,” Williamson said, “it went unseen but not unsung.” In 1973, the singer’s talent and vision prompted her peers to seek financial and artistic independence from the industry. Her suggestion of an all-female record label culminated in Olivia Records, the first company of its kind. The unprecedented success of Olivia Records’ artists and those of similar labels led to the first female-only concert events, like the Michigan...
...inaugural season, feels that he has found his calling in a sport where he has not only become the face of a polo dynasty, but the field’s greatest intercollegiate talent and proof of professional-level ability in a college sport that continues to seek greater recognition from schools across the country...