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...back doctor in the city who told her the problem was actually in her head; not surprisingly, this information also failed to relieve the pain. And so she finally made it to the "most famous orthopedic surgeon" - in my house at dinnertime anyway - trembling with the expectation of my bold new treatment plan and a rapid cure...
...causes, such as Take Back the Night.The UC can do nothing to protest against the College when it makes dubious decisions like the no-alcohol policy at this year’s Harvard-Yale tailgate, or the recent tax on donations to student groups. Meanwhile, it applauds post factum bold steps taken by the University, such as the financial aid initiative or the curricular review.In other words, the UC is just a slothful bystander. It merely turns its head in the direction of the student-life parade, with a grin or a frown according to the occasion, but it never...
...federal agencies such as the State Environmental Protection Administration are actually encouraging grassroots groups to expose environmental wrongdoing. "The problem isn't the limited space available for actions in China's civil society," he says. "[There is] room to take action if you are creative. You have to be bold." After all, he says, given the scale of the environmental problems China faces, "it's not as if we have much time left...
...less chaos during senior year. Stress for everyone is lessened and—more importantly—evened out across all applicants with a single notification date. Ultimately, we are glad that Harvard—and now Princeton and the University of Virginia—are taking this bold step. The status quo is simply not good enough. Applicants to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and the like come disproportionately from private schools and wealthy backgrounds. For the most disadvantaged students, the complexities of college admissions can be overwhelming. Even if abolishing early admissions means inconveniencing a few—even many?...
Watching Tony Blair electrify his party conference with a bravura, perfectly pitched speech that left them cheering and in tears, it felt little different from those heady early days of Britain's New Labour. And to judge from the waterfall of "bold, radical" policy ideas that spouted during the week from baby-faced ministers[an error occurred while processing this directive] such as David Miliband and James Purnell, the party's next generation of leaders has plenty of steam. That was the upbeat side of Labour's annual conference last week in Manchester. But its evil twin lurked close...