Word: america
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...conference took its title from the first-generation status of most Taiwanese-American college students. The students' parents generally grew up in Taiwan, while the students themselves have grown up in America, Young said...
...professor of Harvard's perennially popular Literature and Arts C-37, "The Bible and Its Interpreters," James L. Kugel is perhaps best known to undergraduates for his light-hearted personality and tendency to sing "Happy Birthday" to students in class. He is also known, however, as one of America's foremost Biblical scholars, an authority on issues from historical interpretation to translation. His 1997 book, The Bible As It Was, a history of biblical interpretation in antiquity, was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award and a popular favorite. In his latest release, The Great Poems...
...involved in a prank to publicize a fraternity Halloween party ended up hospitalized after a pyrotechnic device exploded in his hands. A costumed group of students entered a crowded MIT lecture hall to promote Phi Kappa Sigma's upcoming Halloween party that raises money for the Leukemia Society of America. The packed lecture hall watched as the sophomore in question, hoping to add to the aura by creating a theatrical puff of smoke, ended up with deep gashes on his hand...
...America, the first nation to struggle against colonialism and win now remains as the last bastion holding on to colonies," he added...
...America's relative apathy regarding...