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...latest catchphrase on college campuses: the civil-military gap. With Millennials embracing national service in droves, more students around the country are questioning the Vietnam-era dogma that drew a bright line between the Peace Corps and the War Corps. Borrowing a page from the Greek historian Thucydides, who observed that "a nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors has its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools," many of today's students are pushing for Sparta to make more inroads into Athens. By uniting the best students and the best...
Amid the financial crisis that is gripping the country, one bright spot may be an increase in recent college graduates considering the field of education. Teach For America, a project founded in 1990 by Princeton alum Wendy Kopp, places thousands of the nation’s top graduates in teaching positions in the poorest school districts. This year TFA has seen a marked rise in applications, including those from Harvard students. In November, President-elect Obama called on our nation to embrace public service. It seems that his hopes may yet be answered, as more and more Americans seem...
...this immutable truth, Felicity slumped forward, gasping for air. Frederick’s eyes glazed in incomprehension. Roxanna’s expressed mute astonishment. The Stable Boy stepped down from the chair into the center of the room. He stood against the sunbeam from the window, the light so bright that his form was almost silhouetted against it. With his arms crossed across his chest and a malevolent smile setting his face gloriously ablaze, he seemed to hover just an inch above the carpet...
...stallion reared and Felicity fell onto the floor beside Frederick. Stunned, she looked up at the chandelier that was ablaze like molten gold above her. She saw it dimly wobble and fall, slowly, like an autumnal leaf from a tree. The hot crystals splintered all about her in bright glittering shards that pierced her naked skin. She turned and found Frederick and clasped his mutilated corpse in her arms. The flames drew around them like bed curtains: their eternal nuptials...
...contracting car market in China deals another blow to a global industry already reeling from recessions in the U.S. and Europe. China was supposed to be a surviving bright spot, where international carmakers, beleaguered at home, could still find new sales and profits. But with the market shifted into reverse, the already fierce competition between foreign and Chinese automakers like Chery and Geely will only intensify. Discounting has become widespread as carmakers chase fewer customers with special deals, eating into profit margins. "When growth is slowing down, everyone will be trying to defend market share," says David Jin, managing director...