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...would think,” junior Kwaku Nyamekye said. “Anything can happen.”Massachusetts’ run in the tournament last year serves as proof of that. But while their 2007 performance may have come as a surprise, the Minutemen returned the bulk of the squad, and their combination of size and experience means that nobody will take them for granted in 2008.“It was no fluke since they backed up their run last year with winning the Atlantic-10 in the regular season,” Clark said.Massachusetts head coach...
...Kinsley notes that Obama will cut taxes for those earning less than $250,000, which represents the bulk of the middle class, while raising taxes on the top 1% of wealth earners who have a disproportionate hoarding of America's wealth. Who are McCain and Palin speaking for, if not for this plutocratic top 1%? Obama is not a "socialist" just because he believes that the middle class has a right to exist and prosper. In my country, such a political understanding is hardly radical. It's just a reflection of what just and fair societies in this modern world...
...Such idealism drives recruits for the government-run Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV), which since 1965 has dispatched more than 30,000 people to do good in 70-plus countries. Today, the bulk of volunteers are women or older Japanese who are searching for meaning in their postretirement lives. Most contribute in fields that seem typically Japanese: planting stronger strains of rice, running environmental-training programs, teaching high school math and science. Chiyoko Ichishima, 33, helps female villagers near the Ugandan capital of Kampala build a local craft trade. "When Ugandans think of Japan, they immediately think of cars...
...fairly well, and their bookmark design fits great into planners, datebooks and checkbooks - if you use any of these things anymore. In any case, these pens are nice to stash in random places just for those times you might wind up needing them. Price: $2; cheaper when purchased in bulk...
...curtain, Faust joyfully declared the formation of a “Task Force for the Arts” before introducing the play to come. “It is my hope,” Faust said at the time, “that the Task Force will complete the bulk of its work during the 2007-08 academic year, with a final report to be submitted by the early fall of 2008.”“This marks a new beginning for a new era of arts at Harvard,” Faust declared. Her announcement stirred widespread...