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...students felt at home in a campus-wide or house-based social group, they would cease to be workaholic/alcoholic wrecks, and become happy social creatures. Such an environment, so they say, would draw the geeks out of their shells, enlighten the rich kids, integrate the internationals, and most importantly, broaden everyone’s horizons. Advocates propose various methods of establishing this social Eden, including more administration social planning (usually via the house system), scrapping the blocking system, and increasing house dining hall restrictions—anything to get students out of doing whatever they usually do, and back...
...talk about their respect for Lieberman as a distinguished public servant and argue that Lamont's victory represents the end of the long tradition of strong-on-national-defense Democratic leaders in the mold of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy. The GOP plans to try to broaden the argument beyond Connecticut, a liberal stronghold, and work to convince viewers and voters that Democratic nominees across the country have more in common with Michael Moore and liberal bloggers than Main Street America...
...attempt to broaden my eight-year-old daughters' video interests beyond Disney princesses, I recently rented the 1994 rendition of Little Women. It was delightful to introduce my girls to the Louisa May Alcott classic and we were all enjoying the adventures, joys and tribulations of the March family when about halfway through the movie, selfless and compassionate Beth contracts scarlet fever. The illness almost kills her and leaves her heart permanently weakened. My daughters were perplexed and frightened. Could they get scarlet fever? Could their friends get scarlet fever...
...advantages to the new schedule. It is meant to expand the pool of voters who have an early, and often definitive, say in who the candidate will be. Iowa and New Hampshire are small, northern and largely white; the new states to be added are intended to broaden the field and bring Hispanics and blacks into the process. Once reliably Republican, the Southwest is increasingly becoming a bloc of swing states, crucial to Democratic hopes for the White House. Officially, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada are all in the running for the Sun Belt spot, but the last two are most...
...still all about location, but these days the starting point for folks in the real estate game is increasingly online. Sellers can now click to see an estimate of what their home--or a neighbor's--is worth, while buyers can broaden and speed up searches with annotated listings and detailed digital maps. Whether you're in the market for a new place, marketing the one you're in or just daydreaming about a mansion on Martha's Vineyard, these online hot spots are worth a quick tour...