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...dispiriting experience; the days were before-and-after snapshots of his Administration. The first day was what Bush probably expected his presidency would be when he was elected in 2001: a jaunt through North Carolina, visiting a magnet school and a wonderful camp for children with chronic diseases established by retired Nascar star Richard Petty, followed by the inevitable fund-raising dinner. That was George W. Bush as I had first known him, passionate and compassionate, a convincing advocate for the need to reauthorize his No Child Left Behind Act, which uses tests to make schools accountable for their performance...
...mall, trying to stay on their diets - and coming to the realization that something is missing. They are deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness are not enough. They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives, something that will relieve a chronic loneliness or lift them above the exhausting, relentless toll of daily life. They need an assurance that somebody out there cares about them, is listening to them - that they are not just destined to travel down a long highway toward nothingness...
...said. “And as we know, Cambridge is overwhelmingly liberal.” Melton, the symposium’s keynote speaker, laid out the scientific and social implications of stem cell research. He emphasized the adaptability of stem cells and their vast potential to cure chronic diseases. Jerome Ritz, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, highlighted the need to integrate laboratory research and clinical practice. “Sometimes, doctors become aware of interesting things in clinical studies that can then be taken back to the lab and further explored,” Ritz said...
...course, the entire Arab-Israeli conflict, like all wars, is plagued by the chronic accusations of “they attacked us first,” when realistically, everyone shares the blame. Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces are equally responsible for attacks on civilian areas and, in doing so, both breach international...
...process of granting a wish, Dream Foundation asks prospective recipients, on their own or with help from hospice social workers, to complete an application detailing a preferred dream and an alternative. The applicant must meet the group's qualifications. It won't, for instance, grant wishes to people with chronic ailments who aren't terminally ill. Dreamers tend to come from low-income families that have little money for extras after illness has depleted whatever savings they had. When approved, a case gets assigned to one of 75 volunteer "dream captains," who organize the project and coax companies into donating...