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...there is still something tragic about the mass migration into banking—the tragedy of unfulfilled dreams. It may seem surprising that, on a campus seemingly dominated by the specter of e-recruiting, only four percent of students cite investment banking as their dream job. This confirms what many have guessed: For whatever reason, be it money, prestige, or just convenience, students are drawn into finance despite having aspirations that lie elsewhere...
...foreign-born population--at 12.6%--is at its highest share since 1920, the influx has slowed sharply with the economy. The number of new immigrants declined from more than 1.8 million in 2006 to about 512,000 in 2007. On top of a changing job market, experts cite a crackdown on undocumented workers...
...This is not to say that Russia hasn’t acted aggressively to reassert itself as the dominant regional power. In 2006, to cite just one example, Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled gas conglomerate, cut off supplies to Ukraine to influence domestic Ukrainian politics. But Russia’s actions toward Georgia in August cannot be viewed in a simplistic framework of unilateral Russian bullying...
...Obama critics see red, of course. Some merely believe he is more liberal than he claims to be. They cite a National Journal study, which Obama disputes, that rated him the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate, and they aren't dissuaded by the candidate's recent positions in favor of gun owners and an electronic-surveillance bill loathed by civil libertarians...
...there is some evidence that such get-tough logic doesn't stand up to facts. French education experts who oppose corporal punishment cite official U.S. statistics showing the number of students reporting physical punishment from teachers fell by 42% between 1994 and 2004. During that same period, the percentage of American educators claiming they'd be verbally or physically abused by students halved, from 13% to 7%. That data is difficult for French supporters of the rod to dismiss as more weak-willed American PC - suggesting as it does that clashes in classrooms generally decrease when both sides show...