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...Area of Amazon rain forest destroyed from August 2003 to August 2004?the second largest figure since data was first compiled...
Entering freshmen--the plebes--spend the summer together in Beast Barracks, designed to turn all those class presidents and Eagle Scouts into hairless, spotless, expressionless soldiers who for the next year or so won't speak unless spoken to. By the end of August, a certain number typically conclude that it was all a big mistake, that a nice liberal-arts menu would be more to their taste. The plebes going through Beast in the summer of 2001 were tough: only 41 members quit, the second lowest dropout level in 15 years. They would need to be, since...
...difficult moral intersection, juxtaposing the need to protect life in all its phases with the prospect of saving and improving life in all its stages." The government would move forward carefully, he promised, providing federal money for research on cell colonies that had already been created by that point, August 2001, but not edging one inch further down the slope of destroying additional human embryos. "I spent a lot of time on the subject," he later told reporters. "I laid out the policy I think is right for America, and I'm not going to change my mind...
...weekend is whether Taiwan's 59-year-old constitution, written before the Communists won the Chinese civil war, should be updated. Its members won't find the task an easy one. The assembly will convene by June 1 to approve or reject a package of constitutional amendments drafted last August by Taiwan's legislature. Some of the changes, like increasing the terms of lawmakers, are uncontroversial. Others, such as allowing national referendums, are anything but: Beijing, which considers Taiwan a renegade province, thinks Chen wants to hold a referendum on independence in the remaining three years of his second term...
Construction will begin this August and continue through the school year, with work starting at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, a schedule that has sparked undergraduate opposition to the project...