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...late 19th century - Jacoby breaks them out separately, to better unpack what he calls the "palimpsest of many stories" surrounding the massacre. The goal is to add nuance to the accepted narratives of the American frontier as cowboy vs. Indian, good vs. bad, Manifest Destiny vs. native Americans' ancient claim to the land...
...named to the Big East All-Conference First Team. He was joined by senior midfielder Kevon Neaves, who has international experience with the Trinidad & Tobago national team.South Florida had a bye in the first round of the tournament following its Big East championship. The Bulls staked their claim as one of the nation’s best with their performance in the conference tournament. After disposing of Georgetown, South Florida came up against perennial powerhouse No. 11 Notre Dame—the team that had handed it an embarrassing 5-0 drubbing two months earlier. The Bulls came away with...
...Complaint: In September, Schillaci was returning to New York City from Palermo, Italy. What she didn't know was that her suitcase wasn't coming with her. When her luggage failed to appear at JFK airport, Schillaci filed a claim with Eurofly. She was especially desperate to get her bag back because it contained more than $1,000 worth of new clothes she'd bought in Italy. We're not talking T shirts from the Gap. These were fine Italian-made garments...
...Obama’s transition website—aptly located at www.change.gov—to remember his promise of a new and improved Presidency. Yet, as Obama begins the vetting process for cabinet-level and advisory posts, many Americans have decried his focus on Washington insiders. Such critics claim that, by hearkening back to people who held positions in the Bush and Clinton administrations, Obama is abandoning his entire platform of change. What this argument fails to address, however, is that even those experienced politicians whose names may be familiar can still produce profound change—whether...
...High school curricula—so forcefully imposed into conformity by the demands of college admissions offices—still claim to confer upon their pupils a basic body of knowledge and set of skills, those deemed most useful and conducive to success at university. But colleges—at least the elite “liberal arts” colleges like Harvard—recognize no such duty to ensure the content if not the quality of their programs. Employers value liberal-arts graduates, by and large, not for their knowledge but for their intellect—guaranteed...