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...theater that relies entirely on its audience to survive," he says. "It's not just a matter of making them laugh. It's giving them a reason to want to stay in the theater." He's been able to keep them in the theater with less apparent effort than almost anyone writing today. And even if the folks in Scarborough may see a little less of him, he doesn't plan on stopping any time soon...
...becoming weary of McCain's theme of putting country first. When a man spends so much energy saying the same thing over and over, it is almost as if he is trying to convince himself that he will always put country before self. His life story should be enough evidence of this, considering the number of years he has given to the service of his country at great personal loss. It can be easily argued that America is strongest when its economy is at its best, so the candidate would do well to dwell more on fixing the economy, providing...
...cover story you left out the perhaps most important alternative: that of a leader. The U.S. as sole remaining post-Cold War superpower needs all the international support it can get to successfully play that responsible role. A great deal was achieved during the Clinton Administration, but that was almost put to naught under George W. Bush. As macabre as this may sound: it was only "thanks" to 9/11 that the world at least halfheartedly rallied back around the U.S. Barack Obama as President has an important message for the world: "We are your leader of choice, not because...
...money represented almost all of her and her husband's life savings, she says. It had been intended to help her navigate the Chinese medical system on her daughter's behalf, and was going to be used to settle what Zhu calls "the fees and occasional small payments" (bribes) that are critical to making sure she gets the best care. "We own our apartment, so that's OK," she says quietly. "But now I don't know whether I'll have enough. I should have been paying more attention." Putting the money under the mattress might have been a better...
...years, guaranteeing them a spot at the Business School afterward.Sixty-six Harvard juniors applied to the 2+2 program, which is in its inaugural year, according to MBA admissions director Deirdre C. Leopold, and the 22 Harvard seniors who were accepted were part of an admitted cohort of 106. Almost half of the admits were from engineering or natural science backgrounds, with a large proportion of these students involved in the life sciences.The 2+2 program yielded an acceptance rate of approximately 17 percent, slightly higher than the regular admissions rate of 14 percent for the MBA class...