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...with less than 50 cents per day,” Sirleaf said. She outlined a four-pillar program for Liberia: national security, effective governance, economic revitalization, and infrastructure construction. She cited corruption, violence, and the marginalization of ethnic and social groups within Liberia as the major factors behind the country??s decline but offered an optimistic view of the future. “Africa’s problems have more to do with the quality of its leaders than with the scarcity or capacity of its human capital,” Sirleaf said...
...discretion. It is hypocrisy to claim that such legislation amounts to fulfilling our treaty obligations, which Bush adamantly maintains we intend to do.The United States needs to accept the inconvenience of the moral high ground and defend the Geneva Conventions. American soldiers give their lives to defend our country??s ideals. It is imperative that our government protect them as well as the ideals they defend. We are at war and we must take extraordinary measures to defend ourselves from terrorism, but not at the expense of our morality, our honor, and our safety. The United States signed...
...Despite the momentum, play in the overtime periods was fairly conservative and most likely reflected both teams’ fatigue. The Nittany Lions managed just two shots (including the game-winner) and the Crimson none. Despite the loss, the team took pride in hanging tough with one of the country??s best teams. “We didn’t get the result we wanted, but we just have to keep going out, challenging these top teams, taking chances,” Walsh said. “We don’t have anything to lose...
...risks involved for the College. Some students may get into other schools’ early programs and not consider Harvard. But given Harvard’s ability to attract students—it has one of the lowest admissions rates and the highest yields in the country??it is a risk worth taking. Fitzsimmons, who led the charge, Bok who fast-tracked it, and the Harvard Corporation, which approved the change on Monday, should be applauded for their audacity and vision in the face of overbearing precedent and potential detriment to the school.The admissions office and the College...
...eight Americas, the 10 million Asians living in the country, “have one of the highest levels of life expectancy on record,” Murray said in a statement Monday. The life expectancy of Asian-Americans is 85.3 years, higher than any single country??s. “But tens of millions of other Americans have levels more typical of middle-income or low-income developing countries,” Murray continued. Blacks in high-crime urban areas have a life expectancy of 70.8 years, lower than Vietnam, Egypt, and North Korea. The life expectancy...