Tag: United States
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Souter's Harvard Talk
Text of Justice David Souter’s Harvard Commencement remarks (as delivered) When I was younger, I used to hear Harvard stories from a member of the class of 1885. Back then, old graduates of the College who could get to Cambridge on Commencement Day didn’t wait for reunion years to come back to the Yard. They’d…
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TAKE NOTE, AMERICANS_Lessons from Across the Sea
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, April 3, 1994 Saraan Ajaye did not even know South Africa was a country until she took a human rights course a year ago. Ajaye, a senior at the Bronx alternative high school Schomburg Satelite Academy, now sees the country’s gallop to democracy after three…
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When David is the Goliath
Israel Has Killed 3 Times As Many Civilians As They Have Hamas Fighters Gaza Children Found With Mothers’ Corpses By ALAN COWELL PARIS — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had discovered “shocking” scenes — including small children next to their mothers’ corpses — when its representatives gained access for the…
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Closing arguments
American Stories, American Solutions Update: Babe, a commenter at The New York Times blog post about the ad, said this What was most striking about Obama’s half-hour infomercial was that he never mentioned McCain’s name, in fact never spoke of him. We essentially heard a politician speak without throwing dirt, tossing around falsehoods about his…
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A Clear Voice
The United States is not speaking with a forked tongue about Russian atrocities in Georgia before the United Nations Security Council. Russia and the U.S. traded hot accusations at the Security Council over Moscow’s aggressive handling of its military operation in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia and the bombing of Georgia proper. Georgian diplomats…
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Study: Poor Ballot Designs Still Affect U.S. Elections
Study: Poor ballot designs still affect U.S. elections By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Poorly designed ballots continue to plague U.S. elections, even after Congress set aside $3 billion to overhaul voting systems to prevent a recurrence of the flawed Florida ballots that deadlocked the 2000 presidential race, a study out today concludes. Problems…
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Tim Kaine of Virginia
Va. governor could help fill gap for Obama: Centrist seen as dark horse among VP possibilities By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff, June 12, 2008 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – He is the popular governor of a critical swing state. He has working-class roots and a Harvard degree, and strong support from both business and labor. He…
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U.S. Serbs Saddened and Angry By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, April 04, 1999 Lana Todorovich was on the phone to Belgrade with an urgent message for her parents: “Get out. Now.” In the early hours of March 24, U.S. NATO warplanes bearing bombs were on their way to Yugoslavia. Milan and Yela Simic, 62 and 57 years old, heeded their daughter’s warning. They made…
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Plungers Waved In Angry March
Sunday, August 17, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, CAROLINA GONZALEZ and PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers Brandishing toilet plungers and chanting “KKK must go!” thousands of angry protesters yesterday descended on Brooklyn’s 70th Precinct, where two cops have been charged with torturing a Haitian immigrant. Pressed tightly against a line of cops standing behind…