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...what did I gain from my “Ivory Tower” marathon? Not much, really, other than some utterly useless opinions on the virtues of certain casting decisions and more attachments to fictional characters. And apparently Harvard’s full of lust, greed, treachery, lies, and deceit. But who doesn’t know that anyway...
...PetroChina had a concrete link to business in Sudan and the state-sponsored genocide. The company appeared to be a back-door way to unethically invest money in Sudan, given that the U.S. prohibits any direct investment in Sudan. Unocal, since it lacks substantial business in Burma, is a useless target for divestment, and thus it obviously falls far from the extreme burden of proof needed to call for the University’s divestment...
...completely refuse to engage and cooperate with Mugabe. The MDC should withdraw from Zimbabwe’s sham democracy. Yes, this would cost the MDC its voice in the Parliament, but currently that voice is effectively silenced regardless. If the MDC, with its widespread popular support and significant (albeit useless) representation in the Parliament, had refused to participate in the past elections, Zimbabwe would have faced a political crisis. Not even the ever-sympathetic South African President Thabo Mbeki could have deemed such and election fair. Instead, the MDC engaged in a futile campaign that only lent credibility...
...prove to be fine. For complicated statistical reasons, the heart-failure finding could easily be a fluke, the study's coordinating investigator readily admits. What it all boils down to is this: vitamin E probably doesn't prevent heart disease. That doesn't mean it's useless. There is strong evidence from other studies that moderately high doses of vitamin E may delay the onset of macular degeneration and boost the immune system in the elderly. Also, the U.S. National Institutes of Health is testing whether vitamin E, with or without selenium, may delay prostate cancer. But one thing...
...What it all boils down to is this: vitamin E probably doesn't prevent heart disease. That doesn't mean it's useless. There is strong evidence from other studies that moderately high doses of vitamin E may delay the onset of macular degeneration and boost the immune system in the elderly. Also, the U.S. National Institutes of Health is testing whether vitamin E, with or without selenium, may delay prostate cancer...