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...temporary coffin carrying Ricketts arrived at Dover Air Force Base on March 2. (The body of Specialist Ian Gelig, also killed in Afghanistan, arrived on the same plane.) Dover is the first stop for dead soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and their families are often on hand to attend a brief, solemn ceremony as the flag-wrapped cases are removed from the plane and brought to the mortuary. The ban on media coverage of these transfers, in place during the Bush Administration, was lifted in February 2009, when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ruled it should...
...exams is essential to my success here. According to Harvard, because I do not have incredibly expensive documentation from a neuropsychologist with a Ph.D., I am unable to receive these necessary accommodations afforded to people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The chance for a student to attend Harvard could be quashed when she discovers that the testing that Harvard requires is too expensive for the family. Harvard has a choice—it can either accept a broader range of documentation or pay for the costly documentation. Right now, it does neither and students like...
...community. Take this passage from the description of April’s Ph.D. program, posted on the Virology Web site: “Seminars, student journal clubs, and program retreats are an integral part of the scientific and educational experience of the Virology Program. Therefore, students are expected to attend and participate fully in all of these activities...
Motivated by his two sons—both of whom attend public schools—and his wife—a special needs teacher—DiDomenico said he opposes teacher lay-offs, shrinking school budgets, and elimination of critical curricula...
...sides of the Pacific - on issues ranging from trade to the Dalai Lama to Taiwan - cooler heads in both Beijing and Washington now seem to be back in control. Barack Obama and Hu Jintao had an hour-long phone conversation last week, after which the Chinese President agreed to attend a nuclear summit in Washington. And on the volatile issue of trade, a grand bargain of sorts now appears to be taking shape: In return for delaying a decision on whether to list China as a "currency manipulator" - long a dream of protectionists in Congress - China is sending signals that...