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Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello has had few better moments in his political career. Yet tonight he did not seem likely to either punch the air or appear too pleased with himself. Months of huddling with officials in preparing his 11th Budget had given Costello a pallid face. He looked in need of a decent night's sleep. His head was full of new tax scales, growth projections and spending measures. But ignore the facial puffiness and creases, for his lively eyes told the real story. Here was a happy fellow. The tax-cut man cometh...
...casual observer, the clashes appear to be part of a full-scale ideological war between Fatah and the more militant Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel. But in actuality, as individuals on both sides seem to agree, the conflict is more narrowly defined. A senior Fatah official in Gaza tells TIME that "this is a dispute between Hamas and the Preventive Security Forces," and Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad echoes that view, declaring that "there are some individuals who are making up these problems...
Early symptoms of the disease--lethargy, lack of focus, difficulty making decisions--often appear in the fall. By spring the average, healthy high school senior may have completely succumbed. Senioritis attacks high-achieving, average and struggling students alike. By this time in the school year, most college-bound seniors have turned in their applications and received their acceptance letters. Many of them understandably feel entitled to a little downtime. The 30% of seniors who aren't headed for higher learning may not have figured out what they want to do after graduation, but they are pretty sure that...
...willing to risk their lives to come at all.) Furthermore, the NRC’s own investigation of Vermont Yankee found that the alert system was inadequate in areas outside of normal siren coverage. Hurricane Katrina showcased the deadliness of a botched evacuation, yet the NRC does not appear to have learned from the mistakes in New Orleans...
...read with bemusement Professor Harvey Mansfield’s comments on course evaluations. His claim that they “introduce the rule of the less wise over the more wise, of students over professors” must appear odd in light of recent events. Surely Mansfield disapproved of the Faculty’s (i.e. the “more wise”) pushing out President Summers over the objections of the students (i.e. the “less wise”)? We appear then to be faced with a double paradox: occasionally, the “less wise?...