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...obvious to any casual observerthat the present conflict in the Middle East is part of a larger picture related to Palestine, 9/11, U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, and issues with Iran, Syria and Hamas. It all boils down to President Bush's and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's version of democracy, terrorism, Islamic fascists, free trade and puppet governments. What goes around comes around. Herein lies the root cause of conflict in the Middle East. Valentine Anthony Baguio City, Philippines...
...eager first-year, this is probably the last story you want to hear as you look forward to meeting the people with whom you’ll spend the next nine months. However, my roommate experience has, in retrospect, provided a perspective worth sharing on conflict resolution, navigating the FDO, and handling the unique problems posed by living with complete strangers...
...room had become an unbearably tense atmosphere of tears, public fights, sleepless nights, and slammed doors that left no one happy. I cannot begin to describe the issues the five of us personally had, nor would it be helpful at this point. At the most basic level, the conflict was a four-against-one situation regarding the quiet hours of our room and the schedules that we kept, only exacerbated by ancillary emotions surrounding the transition to college...
Courses like Historical Studies A-12, “International Conflict and Cooperation in the Modern World,” which students attend by the hundreds, require massive and costly coursepacks that get dumped at the end of the semester, often still in mint condition, into Habitat for Humanity bins...
...heartbreaking work they weren't trained for," says Parent. A report by the Centers for Disease Control found that a quarter of the firefighters showed signs of depression, a third reported increased alcohol use, and nearly a half reported more conflict with a spouse. "There are different ways of measuring post-traumatic stress - difficulty concentrating, angry outbursts," says Parent, "but frankly, if they didn't show those signs, I would worry." He says firefighters who went through 9/11 in New York helped his men realize it wasn't "unmanly" to get help. Now nearly a half say they would seek...