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...order to take higher-level biostatistics courses, students would need to build a solid foundation of basic theory and methods that only a traditional textbook-based course would provide, Testa said. For this reason, the faculty recommends that those pursuing doctoral degrees or hoping for positions in academia study under the more traditional curriculum...
...army and the country's infrastructure have lagged because not enough resources have been devoted to them, he argued. That's because the Administration has relied too much on tanks, and not enough on steamrollers. More paved roads could be built more quickly if more Afghans were hired to build them. "It's quite true that Taliban use the roads as well, but it's harder to implant an IED on a paved road than it is on a gravel road," Danzig said. Such improvements also could convince Afghan farmers to plant their fields with something other than opium poppies...
...Republican bloodbath has begun. Say goodbye to Colin Powell, who turned away from the party the Bush family helped build. Columnist Kathleen Parker has been drowning in hate mail since calling for Sarah Palin's head. Chris Buckley, the son of the late William F. Buckley Jr., went AWOL and lost his position at the National Review. Before the party can reclaim its soul, the unbelievers within must be cast...
...Obama belonged to a party that was bent on retribution; he preached reconciliation, and when voters were asked a year ago who had the best chance of winning, Hillary Clinton crushed him, 71% to 26%. He had to build a new church and reach out to the seekers who had lost faith in government or never had any in the first place. He ran not so much on any creed as on the belief that everything was broken, that the very system that produces candidates and frames issues and decides who loses and who wins in public life does little...
...messages to one another through Egyptians middlemen, urging a restoration of the truce. As Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai explained, "We are not headed to an escalation. The lull brings peace and quiet to the southern communities, and we have an interest to maintain it." Given Hamas' arms build-up in Gaza, however, a showdown with the Israeli army is inevitable, say officials in Tel Aviv. But neither Hamas nor Israel is in any hurry for this to happen soon. So the cease-fire is likely to be restored - at least...