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...revolutionized American motels by introducing standardization and emphasizing cleanliness and value. The era of the big convention-oriented hotels checked in during the 1970s. And in 1984, New York City nightclub entrepreneur Ian Schrager came up with the boutique hotel concept. But for the most part, the basic business model has changed little: sell travelers perfectly acceptable yet generic places to stay for the night at ever-increasing prices, particularly in the world's major cities...
...student population. We are glad that at Harvard, which prides itself on its inviting and diverse community of students, the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program (UMRP) is able to meet the needs of its minority students and potential matriculants without resorting to such extreme measures.The UMRP is, at its most basic level, an outreach program catered to students who, “for reasons of history and circumstance might have considered Harvard inaccessible.” Harvard, to some degree, still retains the reputation of being an elite, white, upper-class school—a stigma that belies the true vibrancy...
...speech’s impact can turn on the writer’s success at what Winston called “floating the balloon”—applying the tools and tricks that “will give a speech life and lift once you have the basic message and theme.” Those strategies range from humor to props, rhetorical devices, poignant quotes, stirring anecdotes, and cultural references. “You’re rhetorical Doctor Frankensteins,” she told students. Participants filled the IOP conference room to capacity, diligently scribbling and typing...
...Kennedy's case, the vote on greenhouse gases probably turned less on an ideological move than on his support for states' rights, since a basic issue was whether Massachusetts and other state plaintiffs had standing to sue for federal regulation. But the study says Kennedy started out conservative and shifted left before leveling off, meaning a renewed leftward tilt is possible...
...knowthat help is out there for them, and God, as he as always does, finds a way to get messages to his children. Teach the Bible in public school, but also teach its history and how it is related to everyone everywhere. Teach that the Bible's basic message is to love, serve and be happy with God in this world and the next...