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...John Edwards lived the American Dream; he rose from poverty in a tiny Carolina mill town to become the first person in his family to attend college. In his America, hard work was rewarded and opportunity was there for those who wanted it. But things have changed; today the textile mills of the South are gone, outsourced to Asia, and replaced on the landscape by Wal-Mart Supercenters—stores that sell second-rate merchandise and treat their employees like cattle, yet remain in business anyway because so many Americans can’t afford to shop anywhere else...
...Later in his Harvard career, Strauss devoted himself to civil rights, founding the Fellowship of Concerned University Students (FOCUS), a group that helped more than 400 black students gain admission and find funding to attend previously segregated colleges...
...Assad's strongest friends in the West to one of the young President's bitterest critics. In 1998, Paris became the first Western capital visited by Assad in an official capacity, two years before he became President. Chirac also was the only Western head of state to attend the funeral of Assad's father, President Hafez al-Assad in 2000. He dispatched a close aide to Damascus to serve as French ambassador and a team of technocrats to assist Assad's reform efforts. Rafik Hariri, then Lebanese Prime Minister and close friend of Chirac, was instrumental in building France...
...sometimes be a hindrance amid intermittent delays and unclear expectations. Fortunately, much of this appears to be a problem of organization that could be solved by streamlining and improving resources for disabled students.Over the past twenty years, new technology and legal protections have enabled students with disabilities to attend college in greater numbers. In 1990, 40 students registered with Harvard as disabled; today that number is over 300.It is laudable that Harvard is willing to invest the time and resources necessary to educate talented students with disabilities. Nevertheless, accommodating a disabled student presents inherently unique circumstances that both the student...
Last summer, Barack Obama took a lot of heat for skipping a candidate forum in Iowa sponsored by the AARP, choosing instead to attend a hip-hop event starring Usher...