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...According to UC Vice President, Randall S. Sarafa ’09, portions of the document are vague and invite the potential for drastically different interpretations, thus defeating the document’s central aim of standardizing the house’s policies...
...with sun. Chettri vividly conjures the social and natural landscapes in which Dhané's miserable story takes place, from trade councils lorded by ruthless landowners, to placid livestock pastures and swollen rice paddies pleating the hills. The book "might not entertain its readers, because that is not its aim," Chettri has written. "I have simply tried to give a picture of the villages in the hills of Nepal...
...France is also keen to stress the E.U.'s mission neutrality. "It is a reconstruction mission, a development mission and a humanitarian one," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said, adding that that the aim was solely to protect displaced refugees, not to help Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno. Some Chadian rebels have expressed fears that the E.U. force is meant to help prop up Deby, a longtime ally of Paris, and have even threatened to attack the mission if it interferes with their rumbling insurgency...
...Zhou, it was a moment of revelation. He decided that, as a single, jobless Chinese citizen who "firmly believes in individual freedom," he was perfectly suited to devoting himself to "helping evicted and displaced persons." He also cheerfully declared his aim of "hyping" his way to fame so he would "never go back to selling vegetables." Traveling on a shoestring budget and relying on donations from admirers and the people to whose aid he came, Zhou preached the digital gospel, educating his pupils in the arts of establishing a blog, posting, taking digital photos and videos, using instant-messaging tools...
YOUR JOB: Learn to earn. In a 21st century recession, the jobs lost during the downturn aren't necessarily the same ones that appear during the rebound, so be ready for a career switch. Fast-growing fields include health care, postsecondary education and systems analysis. You might also aim for companies that do business in the public sector. "Governments play a counter-cyclical role at a time like this," says Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute...