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According to Chopra, SAC members largely felt the resolution did not provide enough background information, which may have explained the lack of support for the measure...
...broad ethnic studies department that would introduce students to the study of ethnic identity and allow them to specialize in areas that suit their interests. In the beginning, this department could be structured much like the Department of Government is now; undergraduate concentrators would first gain a theoretical background in the study of ethnicity and identity, and then they would be able to branch out and choose one or more specific ethnicities to study in depth...
...those of you who are not familiar with the situation, here is some brief background information: Ryder (not class of ’94) is 30 years old and has had a successful acting career stretching back to her early teens. Breaking from the traditional Hollywood mold, she has not used her breathtaking beauty to score the base roles that have made stars of Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock; Ryder’s thought-provoking work in Tim Burton’s surreal masterpieces Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands exemplifies her independent spirit. Also, her two Oscar nominations testify...
...VeriChip publicity, he has heard from roughly 2,500 would-be cyborgs. But the Jacobs family is particularly well suited to test VeriChip for use in medicine. If a patient with VeriChip were injured, the theory goes, a harried ER doc could quickly access the victim's medical background by scanning the chip with a device that looks like a Palm handheld computer...
...ruling political machine of Singapore —a “soft”-authoritarian right-wing police state that holds political prisoners without trial and engages in grandiose social engineering—receive frequent invitations to speak at Harvard, with only the faintest opposition in the background...