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Early admission programs benefit more privileged applicants and constrain schools from having an open, unbiased look at all candidates. Students at higher performing schools have the benefit of more qualified and informed guidance counselors who can better advise their students on the advantages of applying early. Applicants from lower performing public schools, where college counselors are so scarce that applications are processed slowly and guidance is impersonal and lackluster, are less likely to apply early despite their qualifications...
...program showed her how “stories shape and constrain the world,” she said. “It gave me a fascination with taking narratives apart...
...when any of us buys a new house and our mortgage payments seem high in the early years, the cost of the Faculty’s current capital investments will necessarily constrain our choices for some time," Knowles wrote...
...Brazil. And if Venezuela does win it, it would be the latest reminder that while 20th century rebels like Castro could do little more than rail at Washington, the U.S. today faces post--cold war radicals like Chvez and Ahmadinejad who have the will, savvy and resources to constrain American power and thwart U.S. interests. Says an African diplomat: "Chvez will stand up and articulate, however coarsely, the notion many of our citizens hold--that Bush and the U.S. have kicked us around for some time now after 9/11 and we would like it to stop...
...Babikir, like some other American and Iraqi officials, alludes to these complexities even if political realities constrain what he can say - and what he can do. He cited efforts to bring the Mahdi Army under control through the political process, and said he did not anticipate a military push into Sadr City. "We don't want to create more problems," he said. "It's a very delicate situation." Spoken like a true politician, albeit one with a military background, who knows that the wrong choice of words can cause as much damage as a poorly executed battle plan...