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...however, has been reluctant to open its doors, admitting just 18 Iraqi refugees in 2005 and 202 in 2006. In February the State Department announced that it would admit up to 7,000 more, giving special consideration to those Iraqis who worked for the U.S. government. But that's still just a fraction of the number of Iraqis in need. And although the Bush Administration has offered to cover about a third of the $60 million that the U.N. says is needed for the refugees, the U.S.'s European and Arab allies think Washington should cover far more...
...able to enjoy one year at Harvard with no siblings here. I have to admit that part of me panicked when I found out that Kirsten decided to join me at college. I was convinced that she would get better grades than me, be more successful athletically, steal my friends, and that my parents would love her more as a result. Of course, all of this came true. My parents have enjoyed watching Kirsten score goals for the nationally ranked women’s ice hockey team. I’m not so sure how exciting it was for them...
...moments as his exhausted roommates look on in wonderment, he finally utters, “Wow! It’s great to be in first grade.”Norberg’s roommates, John W. Scott ’06 and Joey M. Hanzick ’06, admit that at the time they could never have realized the importance of that statement. Now, more than four years later, they feel his ice-breaking antic set the tone for their time together.They describe Norberg as amazingly caring, funny, and passionate—but he isn’t crazy...
...look of the package," Bond says. "We can't lose sight of that." However, through increased consumer education and awareness of the effect those little luxuries have on the environment, Bond and others hope to make even bigger changes soon. Says he: "But I will be the first to admit that there are things we can do industry-wide to improve our consciousness of the environment...
...black person and placing him above other black people assumes that all of us—except for the token, of course—are the same. We live in a society still very much conscious of race—even if people don’t like to admit it openly. Making one black person your trustworthy token while you still view black people as a monolith will not fix the ongoing problem of race in America...