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...should not ignore the fact that nearly 7,000 innocent people were killed (including many foreigners) on our soil by terrorists whose mission is to destroy our values and beliefs. They are jealous of democracy, of freedom, of success, and have perverted their own religion in order to accomplish their goals. Make no mistake: they will not stop their crusade until we stop them first...
...that a third of the women with whom they spoke said they would prefer a male boss. They warn women managers that "female employees who unconsciously live by the Power Dead-Even Rule will be offended by the very behavior in which you, their leader, need to engage to accomplish your goals." At the same time, don't just give up. Says Murphy: "Women come up to us all the time and say things like, 'Who does she think she is telling me what to do?' And we say, 'Well, she's your boss...
...question is, assuming bin Laden is behind the bombings, what is the proper response? Should we, as Bush has suggested we will, launch a full-on assault on Afghanistan? It is hard to see what this would accomplish. Afghanistan already knows that America’s military might far exceeds its own. It is already banking on the hope that America couldn’t possibly do anything worse to the country than has already been done. It is also hoping that its feebleness, abject misery and pleading will spare it more damage. Afghanistan knew that harboring bin Laden would...
...hope you will take these terrible events, occurring at the beginning of the academic year, as an opportunity to think about why you want an education, and what you hope to accomplish by getting it. Think about that as you choose courses, as you decide what field you want to pursue as a concentration, how to use your electives. It’s hard to find an occasion to think through these big issues; perhaps these terrible days will turn out to be good ones for you if they help you think about why you are here and what...
...Association's Uniform Guardianship Act, which tries to define competency by functional abilities rather than a blanket medical diagnosis. These laws are designed to make it easier to define competency objectively. They also facilitate tailoring guardianships or conservatorships to specific needs. But such arrangements are still difficult to accomplish in practice. Erica Wood, associate staff director of the ABA's commission on legal problems of the elderly, says that in many cases, "the judge virtually gives over his or her decision to the doctor, who is usually not a specialist...