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...Jersey, the New Jersey and New York governments who designed it had a plan to cover the iron ore with marble. Somehow the general population heard about this and they said, ‘Just leave the steel exposed.’ It’s a basic American feeling to want to see how something was made...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turning Over an Old Page | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...year per child to maintain the program. At less than $300 per child and less than five percent of Uruguay’s total education budget, their government has managed to give the country’s youth a chance to become technologically proficient in a world where a basic understanding of technology is quickly becoming a prerequisite to success...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Uruguayan Example | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...survey found a sharp drop in confidence among working Americans. Only 40% of them said they were "very confident" that they'd have enough money to cover basic living expenses in retirement, while 25% felt confident they'd have enough cash to pursue hobbies and interests, and 28% expressed a high level of confidence that they had done a good job preparing for retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Survey: Many Americans Now Plan to Work Past 67 | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...projects will help make Bolivians healthier. Most important, however, is keeping up the education, says Lenis. "Adults forget or think [hand-washing is] not necessary anymore, but kids get into it as an activity," he says, adding that he's lobbying to make hand-washing education part of the basic public-school curriculum. It may thus be up to little Nayeli and all her friends to keep their country on track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: H1N1: Swine Flu's Collateral Health Benefits in Bolivia | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...brings up a lot of ideas that aren’t openly discussed—like very basic values such as common humanity that we learn but sort of forget over time,” she said...

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Activist Advocates Mideast Dialogue | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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