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...Students who are so unfamiliar with BCBS’s approach to abortion coverage that they are not already aware of the opportunity for the refund are not those students strong enough in their convictions (or familiar enough with this issue) to make a wise and socially conscious decision regarding this element of health insurance. It is easy to imagine a student who is not sexually active or who engages in only the safest modes of intercourse choosing to opt for the refund because they cannot imagine themselves ever needing an abortion and find the idea of aborting disturbing...
...about the entire school. It's about the kids involved doing the advertising, the marketing, the tech work, the costume work. And that extends out to the community, because they reach out to parents who also support in helping build stuff." Indeed, in sharp contrast to the cost-conscious commercial theater, high school directors seek out shows with the biggest casts possible. "You want as many opportunities for as many kids as you can have," says Christine Travalino, theater director at Pittsburgh Perry High School, which put on Urinetown this year. "A lot of the older shows just...
...government can cope with nature's worst. Beijing is aware of the backlash that can come from a slow or ineffective response. The Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush was stained by its sluggish reaction after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005. Beijing is also painfully conscious of the opprobrium heaped on Burma's military rulers for their callous refusal to allow the international community to help in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which killed at least 100,000 in early May. China has "a chance to show the world that it has the capability and readiness...
...energy. Campaigns of varying scale, from student-led initiatives on campuses around the country to national documentaries, are being launched to bring up the issue; major efforts, public and private, are underway to discover alternative sources of energy, and eco-friendly cars are gaining traction in an increasingly environmentally conscious society...
...There is an odd comfort to this feeling. It is a way of a new recollection, one in which I am ever more conscious of the passing of time, of the reliving of a different memory away from concrete things and attached to unfamiliar things. The most valuable lesson college has taught me thus far has been the adaptability of memory, the transference of recollection to a new set of catalysts. The brilliance of memory is that it is undying, but the emotion of recollection is one that must be constantly learned, channeled, and relived...