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...points through a window to Pauline, a 2-year-old napping in the dark, thumb in mouth. When she was a week old, Pauline was left by her mother, who said she was going to work in Dubai. She never came back. Some mothers, Evidente says, "do not even bother to send any money for their kids ... The children grow up feeling like they're really abandoned...
...very organization of our undergraduate education may be overhauled. Nothing, we imagine, could possibly be more demanding of the Committee’s time. We refer, of course, to their proposal to increase the time awarded students for travel between classes—assuming, of course, that someone bothers to create more courses that actually count toward General Education. “Harvard time”—the colloquial name given our unofficial seven-minute lateness-amnesty window—is a venerable institution here. We question, then, why would anyone deign change it? Are students truly...
...Yeah, I'm still going to vote," she said with a sigh as she asked Obama volunteer Kim Irwin to confirm her real polling place. "But it's a big pain." Kam said in 2004 she didn't bother to vote because she knew John Kerry would win Pennsylvania. But this year, she feels quite strongly and wants to make sure Obama wins...
There really isn't a prevailing worldview. We knew from the beginning that we couldn't be just like everybody else, or we'd fail. If we were a carbon copy of CNN or somebody else, why would anybody bother to watch us? We needed a valid but nonetheless distinct product. So I set out to look for stories that could be done in a different way and valid stories that others weren't doing...
...polls. That's why on a recent Wednesday night, Chuck Stouder, a 58-year-old RV plant worker, walked from house to house in a leafy, Elkhart County subdivision. His target: Democrats, and voters who had yet to choose a presidential candidate. Some folks didn't bother opening their doors. Some were receptive. In 2004, President Bush won roughly 70% of this county's voters. But this year, Stouder says, "I don't see that happening. They may still win Elkhart County," he says of the Republicans. "I'm thinking we can get within...