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...help close that gap, an aspect of the plan that is winning over some critics. Emanuel Jones, chairman of Georgia's Legislative Black Caucus, says his "ears perked up" at talk of funding disparities, and he is co-sponsoring a resolution to study the merger's impact in detail. For now, the proposal is "not actually being considered by the [board of] regents," the only group with the authority to approve it, says John Millsaps, a spokesman for Georgia's university system. And while Chancellor Erroll Davis Jr. has said the plan could save money, he has also stated that...
Today biologists are exploring evolution at a level of detail far beyond what Darwin could, and they're discovering that evolution sometimes works in ways the celebrated naturalist never imagined. "The biological problems we're dealing with are much more complex," says Massimo Pigliucci, an evolutionary biologist at Stony Brook University in New York. "That said, it's a lot of fun. I'm not complaining...
...Markie-esque realism. The flashy whips and mansions have been traded for a mid-size sedan and cubicle, and with mounting bills to pay, “things are getting hectic.” Reclining in a canvas butterfly chair on a weedy hillside, Cam’ron knowingly details the trials and tribulations of “everyday working women”: early morning traffic jams, short lunch breaks, and lighting up in the parking lot. By the second verse, it seems the cocky kid who once called Jay-Z a “camel face?...
...routine as a couple discussing opera or a phone call to a sick friend. In “Writ,” Smith’s protagonist confronts her childhood self at the dinner table, and struggles with the question of whether or not to divulge the details of her future. “I want to tell her who to trust and who not to trust; who her real good friends are and who’s going to fuck her over; who to sleep with and who definitely not to…But I look at her sitting...
...propping up banks and another $1 trillion into freeing up credit. Some media outlets put the total number closer to $2 trillion. The truth is there are so many moving parts in the programs that it is easy to see how even the most sophisticated observers might miss a detail...