Word: clear
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...talking to one another to find answers. These teachers don't go home and forget; they are devising ways to reach their students even as they cook for their families. At first I thought Rhee did not understand D.C. culture, but after I read the entire article, it was clear that the issue is not D.C. culture. It is human culture--human feelings and the human spirit--that she does not understand. Maria Valdivia, BANNING, CALIF...
...Valcent's El Paso lab, potted crops grow in rows on clear vertical panels that rotate on a conveyor belt. Moving them gives the plants the precise amount of light and nutrients needed, an optimization that Kertz says lets him grow 15 times as much lettuce per acre as on a normal farm, using 5% of the water that conventional agriculture does. The company aims to finish a commercial-scale facility by early...
...governments, largely made up of Solidarity moderates and holdovers from the communist era, were in no hurry to pursue the case; it wasn't until the right-wing Law and Justice party came to power in 2005 that prosecutors pushed to bring Jaruzelski to trial. Still, it's not clear when, if ever, the court will reach a decision. Some lawyers say the declaration of martial law was legal, and documentary evidence from the period is spotty at best. With Poles still divided, the judgment of General Jaruzelski may yet be left to history...
...creative temporary uses for the land—rather than leaving it undeveloped—as it continues to draft plans. “Seeing these empty buildings continuing to sit empty will only cause more dissatisfaction,” he said. He also criticized Harvard for not being clear about whether it is going to submit its final master plan to the city in a few months. Graduate School of Design professor Alex Krieger, who has been involved in Allston planning in the past, said it was natural that the expansion project bear some of the brunt...
...maximizing the net benefit of event funding. The UC must strengthen its relationships with other grant-giving bodies, such as the Harvard Foundation, Office for the Arts, and Phillips Brooks House Association to ease student access to Harvard’s many resources. Finally, the UC must prioritize clear communication and simplify avenues for grassroots student input to better inform sensible, productive change in policy and procedure...