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...have entered a Safeway supermarket in Berkeley, Calif., and this noted scholar of American nutrition can't make head or tail of the place. "Very unusual--not very inviting," she sniffs, eyeing checkout counters that seem to pose a barrier to entry. "Where's the produce?" It is then that we realize we have come in via the exit. We re-enter through the correct door, and at once the layout conforms to the immutable laws of grocery-store geometry. The colorful produce and flowers pull us into a world of plenty. Now Nestle is in her element. An N.Y.U...
...applied and was given a scholarship to a private Catholic school in the third grade, and soon hit the ground running. She quickly overcame the English barrier, learning much of the language by watching old sitcoms, including “The Cosby Show” and “Small Wonder.” By the end of the third grade, she was nearly fluent...
...twice as likely to forego medicine they need because they cannot afford it. The authors also found that Canadians saw smaller disparities in healthcare access between immigrants and nonimmigrants, rich and poor, and racial minorities and the majority. “In the United States cost was the principal barrier [to treatment], whereas in Canada waiting times were an issue,” the report reads. The authors of the study said they were undecided, however, about how strongly its results are linked to Canada’s universal healthcare provision, and about the study’s implications...
...Freshmen Deans Office, and the Peer Advising Program to ensure that the initiative is successfully implemented. “With universal keycard access, our hope is that upperclassmen do not feel unwanted in freshman dorms, and it acts as a community-building initiative by destroying that invisible barrier between the upperclassmen and freshman,” Sarafa wrote in an e-mail to the UC last Wednesday night. Sundquist said that allowing upperclassmen to swipe into all freshmen dormitories will make the Yard more central to student life while encouraging freshmen to partake in more student organizations and activities. Because...
...With universal keycard access, our hope is that upperclassmen do not feel unwanted in freshman dorms, and it acts as a community building initiative by destroying that invisible barrier between the upperclassmen and freshman,” Sarafa wrote in an e-mail to the UC general list Wednesday night...