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...online fake diploma industry is not just confined to forging college diplomas—at least one company will actually confer a degree itself...
...similar. With their ability to good-humoredly juggle their multitude of commitments, a great number of athletes fall into the former category; with their grim resolve to crack their books as their overwhelming top priority, many Harvard students fit the latter classification. A top-notch academic record does not confer merit in its own right: it must be complimented by a range of other attributes, including (but not limited to) honor, flexibility and determination. And, while the Harvard admissions pamphlet might proclaim that these skills can be perfected in the lab or in section, as things stand all three virtues...
After tasting all the student brews, the judges confer for a few minutes. Contestants chat on the other side of the room, lapping up what was left of the beer they had brought. Master brewers and students alike appear to be buzzed (as do members of the FM staff...
...administration’s choice of Iraq as the target, Chomsky credited the “stupendous strategic power” that control of Iraq’s oil reserve would confer...
...long-term view - his strategy of "armed struggle" to end the occupation was partly inspired by the success of Hezbollah's 20-year guerrilla war in persuading Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. Barghouti may be betting that prison will anoint him as Arafat's ultimate successor, and also confer on him the nationalist moral authority necessary to make the compromises of statesmanship. But while Barghouti may imagine himself in the role of a Palestinian Mandela, he can't relish the fact that between the South African leader's conviction on terrorism charges and his triumphant release, he languished in prison...