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Lowell’s Brain Break was unexciting but had all the basic foods down pat. By 8:40 pm, the special item—carrot cake—had been ravaged and reduced to one lonely square. The drink machines were fully functioning...
...wealthy, but I understand rules of basic human interaction well enough to recognize the downright offensiveness of James K. McAuley’s Mar. 8 editorial comment, “Friends With Money...
...designed to be a tax-deferred investment tool for higher education. The beauty and simplicity of the plan is that the government has a very limited ability to obstruct or intervene when it comes to who can donate to or benefit from the plan. Money for school and basic expenses are met using a simplified investment vehicle not perishable to the vagaries of market forces and unscrupulous human behavior...
...beyond these basic elements, the differences between one honor code and the next can be significant...
...fundamental difference between Europe and the U.S., Europeans believe, is that Americans regard public services as a bonus rather than a basic right. For some, this is evidence that the American system is deeply flawed. "It was a scandal that the world's richest country for so long offered its citizens such pitiful protection against illness or injury," wrote Gregor Peter Schmitz, Washington correspondent for Der Spiegel on its website Monday. "It seems entirely possible that, in 10 years time, Americans will find it hard to believe that they didn't always have the right to health insurance...