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For too long, perceptions of Iran have been dominated by its nuclear saber-rattling and Islamist bluster. Transit Tehran shows us that young Iranians are willing to stick their necks out in the hope that we will look beyond those stereotypes.
Professor Niall Ferguson argued that the current economic crisis developed largely as a result of widespread ignorance of financial history, while speaking to a packed house at the Harvard Book Store last night to promote his new book, “The Ascent of Money.” Ferguson faulted...
House: Lowell! Concentration: Economics Hometown: Weston, Mass. Ideal Date: January 13 (the day after my thesis is due.) Second most ideal date: some creative sequence of events that costs under 10 dollars total. Stealing not allowed. What do you look for in a girl/guy: Genuine concern about something other than...
Meanwhile, in early October, another federal court ruling ordered the Bush Administration to release 17 Muslim detainees (who are of Uighur ethnicity but citizens of China) held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was one of the strongest judicial challenges yet to the Administration's claim of executive authority...
Once a ship is captured, the risk to crew and cargo of mounting a military raid to free it from pirate hands is considered too great - in most cases, the vessel's owners simply pay a ransom. Yet the threat of falling prey to pirates has not deterred shipping companies...