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While several low-income students at Harvard interviewed for this story say they don’t mind taking out loans to finance their educations—this seems minimal in contrast to the benefits of a Harvard degree—some said they can imagine that others in their place might reason differently...
Either Summers was ignorant of the facts or deliberately misrepresenting them. Less than 10 percent of the Marshall Plan involved loans. The rest was pure aid money. Contrast this fact with Africa over the past two decades: In the 1980s, African countries were actually a net supplier of capital to industrialized countries. As late as 1993, rich countries took three dollars back in the form of loan repayments for every dollar given to Africa in aid, according to the 1995 Oxfam Poverty Report...
...wisdom of these positions; his willingness to take them stands in stark relief to, say, the candidacy of John Kerry, who has claimed "courage" as his theme and managed to take not a single inconvenient or unfudged position on any issue in this campaign. It also stands in contrast to Dean's furious backpedaling from earlier and wiser positions on old-age-entitlement reform and affirmative action. (Dean once said preferences should be granted on the basis of economic status rather than race...
...contrast, domestic tipplers can buy directly from the wineries at just a fraction of the price. So if you're visiting Vienna, do as the Viennese do and pick up a bottle of Gr?ner Veltliner Lamm from Weingut Hirsch or a Zweigelt F?llikberg from Weingut Kollwentz-R?merhof. Prepare to be surprised...
...never a Girl Scout, but when I found the shirt in the store bin my mind immediately began racing with ironic possibilities: “The girl scout idea belies my age... The White House implies a diabolical connection to this independent organization, not to mention the contrast between this image and my own politics... Brilliant...