Results for “World Vision”

…much resonance by advocating unwelcome lifestyle changes now – when the benefits accrue mainly to distant parts of the world

…arents had emigrated mostly from Poland and Russia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Following the end of World War II

which ended when I was nearly seven. I can see my father pasting on the Frigidaire door newspaper maps depicting the progress of allied troops toward Berlin. I can hear radio accounts

…ainty of certainty. Why the difference? Surely minor genetic disparities do not explain such a profound difference in world views. Nor does mere intelligence

…ifference between wanting to see a conviction reversed and finding a valid basis for reversal; all the hard work in the world cannot bring about a result if the facts and the law don’t justify it. (At least that’s what I believed until such cases as Bush v. Gore

…y found Schenck guilty of attempting to cause insubordination among soldiers who had been drafted to fight in the First World War. He had circulated leaflets urging draftees not to “submit to intimidation” by fighting in a war being conducted on behalf of “Wall Street’s chosen fe...

…n—as well as the stakes involved in the debate over disseminating massive amounts of classified material throughout the world in the blink of an eye.

that would encourage other students around the nation and the world to continue with the efforts to prevent pro-Israel speakers from delivering their speeches. Indeed

…ersial role as concentration camp survivor in Arthur Miller’s 1980 teledrama “Playing for Time” she traveled around the world arguing that her selection for the role constituted a propaganda victory against Israel.

…ed. We had the photograph enlarged and enhanced by the most sophisticated technology. We then showed it to one of the world’s most distinguished dermatologists who examined it

I have never encountered a more thoroughly corrupt legal system than I did in 1992 in Indiana and a less fair trial and appeal than those accorded Mike Tyson. If hard cases make bad law

…when a rape has occurred. A cleaning woman in a fancy New York hotel accused Dominic Strauss-Kahn—then the head of the World Bank—of forcing her to have oral sex with him. His lawyers first denied that there had been any encounter

or to the real world operation of the Harvard program as it probably works in practice. The following description certainly implies that race is not treated differently from other elements of diversity:

at least in parts of the world that I frequent. Most young people I encounter can’t even understand why anyone would discriminate against someone based on his or her sexual orientation or preference.

but the vast majority of the world’s population has no such legal protection. Human rights are not limited by geographic or political borders. They apply