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...entails a lot of sacrifice. Take us immigrants, for example: I am far from the pampering ways of my mother and far from the warmth and security of my country. Nelson Manglallan Rome Your story struck the right chord. Italy's youth have much to offer, and we should adopt a more positive attitude. The past five years of misgovernment helped spread a sense of hopelessness and malaise among Italy's young, but we must not feel cynical and impotent. We ought to take steps to get what we deserve. I have just come back from the polls, where...
...nurse's modest hijab framed a sweet face that made Safah feel that the nurse was a good, spiritual woman, one she could trust. The nurse convinced Safah that she could be killed over the shame her disappearance had brought to her family. The nurse offered to adopt her. But official channels would have taken too long, so the nurse told Safah to hold her lower-right abdomen, scream and writhe on the carpet of the orphanage director's office, pretending to have appendicitis and requiring emergency medical assistance. Once at the hospital, the nurse whisked Safah into a waiting...
...report painted an alarming picture of what will happen to our Planet Earth within the next few decades as India and China increase greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet the West, led by the U.S., is pushing us to produce more greenhouse gas. Multinational corporations are prodding China and India to adopt the luxurious Western lifestyle so that they can sell us more of the goodies of modern life. But then the West points an accusing finger at us for doing just what it wants us to do. A little deeper thinking would show that unrestricted consumerism and sustainable development cannot...
There is, however, a simple solution to this chaos. The Council of Ivy Presidents should adopt a “letter of Ivy intent” with a common date. By placing the emphasis on the word Ivy, the inherent message would be clear and forceful: athletes who signed it would be intent on pursuing an excellent education while playing their sport for passion, not for a scholarship. By instituting an Ivy signing date, players would be free to visit several schools and collect offers before making a final decision. This would reduce the pressure on athletes to make...
...because there is no Title IX incentive to pour money into men’s rowing—or even to adopt programs at all—the money and scholarship supply is much more constrained than amongst female programs...