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Never mind all those mayors who brag about the results of their tough-on-crime initiatives. A pair of respected researchers has come up with a startling alternative explanation for the recent drop in crime--those most likely to commit it were never born...
...York attitude is more than "rudeness." For those of us fortunate enough to grow up here in the Big Apple, elitism comes as naturally as breathing the heavily polluted air. As any of my friends from other cities will tell you, I'm the first to brag about New York and its offerings and I'm very quick to dismiss its alleged flaws...
...York attitude is more than "rudeness." For those of us fortunate enough to grow up here in the Big Apple, elitism comes as naturally as breathing the heavily polluted air. As any of my friends from other cities will tell you, I'm the first to brag about New York and its offerings and I'm very quick to dismiss its alleged flaws...
...answer was my tour: comparison is at the heart of the high-school senior's reality. Yet is Harvard necessarily the best point of comparison? Cornell has a lot to brag about that Harvard cannot touch: a coeducational policy that stretches from its founding; a healthy mix of pre-professional and liberal arts students, including hotel-school students; and a rural environment with beautiful gorges, waterfalls and tracts of forest. There is a proud ROTC heritage here and a supercomputer, a distinct architecture and the continued imprint of Ezra Cornell's educational ideals. Frankly, Cornell...
...Kentucky GOPer McConnell has long been campaign-finance reform?s brick wall in the upper chamber, which has been unable to come up with the 60 votes to overcome his filibuster; party leader Lott is always there to back up his deputy on the issue. The two used to brag openly that the campaign-finance issue has never won or lost an election ? and that raising more money, indeed, is the only surefire winner. But now that John McCain has made the issue the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, the Lott-led stalwarts may be getting a little more subtle...