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Most cadets are too busy to reach the club much before 9:30 or 10, and a reinstated curfew this year requires them back in barracks by 11:30. That gives them exactly one hour to blow off the kind of steam it would take most people a week's worth of drinking to expel. "The Firstie Club is like Alcoholism 101," jokes a cadet. "One hour to drink as much as humanly possible...
...standards for the form's possibilities with his cinematic weekly Spirit series during the 1940s, and then again in the late twentieth century, with his tireless boosterism for long-form "graphic novels." His final book combines literary biography and criticism into an activist work striking a blow against anti-Semitism. Though not without flaws, The Plot carries through Eisner's ambitious legacy...
...proposed mandates represent another blow to states' rights that may ultimately stir up the federalist wing of the G.O.P., which is unhappy with the massive new education and homeland-security burdens imposed by Washington on the rest of the country. The suggested ID changes are particularly bold, since the 9/11 reform bill passed in December asked state officials to come together on their own to craft national standards for driver's licenses. A 16-person commission had been merrily doing that until it got a letter last week from the feds suspending its operation. "There are legitimate concerns about undermining...
...Just a couple of months ago, when a friend broached the idea, the billionaire brushed it off. "He said, 'They have a lot of problems,'" recalls Mason. GM stock has been a dud, and despite popping 18% after Tracinda announced its stake, the company received a major blow last week when Standard & Poor's downgraded GM's credit rating to junk (along with Ford's). "Kirk thinks it's a strong company, with strong cash flow and strong assets," says his lawyer Terry Christensen. "He thinks the management can solve GM's problems...
...most third-world countries. In Kenya for example, in any year, only about 15 biochemical engineers and 100 doctors graduate in the undergraduate system. This is in spite of having 800,000 students enroll in first grade annually. In this system, losing a biochemical engineer is a huge blow to the economy. Developing nations need to soften this effect by setting up vocational training institutes teaching modern skills such as computer programming, accounting, and hardware maintenance so as to harness this workforce. Nelson Mandela’s proposal of setting up AU-run regional universities all over Africa would...