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That kind of control is in demand because dogs have become increasingly pampered and correspondingly unruly. According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs each year, and about half of them are children. The problem, says Kilcommons, is that dog owners have become so emotionally invested in their pets that they often overlook bad behavior. "People in really stressful jobs don't want to set boundaries with their dogs. So the dogs are out of control and at times dangerous," he says. By rewarding the animal's good behavior and teaching...
...sharply at a recent White House meeting with a group of Republican congressional-staff chiefs when he suggested that the best approach to soaring gasoline prices was this: wait. There's no immediate fix available, so let the market work its magic, Rove said. The stratospheric pricing will reduce demand soon enough, and $3-per-gal. gas will be a memory by summer. It's basic economics...
...going to try to shirk the blame here, not for Viswanathan nor for my generation. It takes courage and hard work to go against the prevailing grain of corporate society, to trust your instinct and passion when the powers of the market demand otherwise. Opal Mehta, too, can tell us about parental pressure (whether or not she could do it in her own words remains to be seen). Nobody I know at Harvard can completely tune out the temptations of cash or the security and immunity that a Harvard education seems to guarantee now and in the future...
...indeed have more funding for grants this year, the greater funding has not come close to matching interest. The OIP, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Center for International Development, The Asia Center, and other sources of student grants should receive additional funds corresponding to the additional student demand. While the change in funding to these centers will likely not aid those scrambling to find grants for this summer, additional funding is the most reasonable long-term solution. Until permanent funding is secured, the University’s central administration ought to mitigate the effects of this year?...
...Russia and China, for instance, haven't budged in their opposition to imposing Security Council sanctions on Iran, and the U.S. isn't even going to try to get a sanctions resolution now. Instead, the U.S. and its key allies will push for another Security Council resolution, reiterating the demand for Iran to cease enrichment activities under Chapter 7 of the U.N.'s charter - which would deem the issue a threat to global security, making non-compliance punishable by sanctions or even military action. Even that may be further than Russia and China are prepared to go. Indeed, U.S. officials...