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...last brilliantly-litigated court case. Rather, it might conjure up images of that tenth grade English teacher who subsisted on chalk dust and notebook paper. Or perhaps a principal so frazzled that the idea of him smiling was laughable. It’s fairly realistic images like these that detract from teaching’s appeal. And while it’s certainly not a problem at all unique to Harvard, it’s hard to pinpoint whether the lack of enthusiasm for the profession stems from the College or the student body, or both. In Eventual Vocation studies...
...times it looks improbable, the E.U. keeps advancing. Marcelle Viale Nice, France The Army We Have TIME said a reporter helped army specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer - "You go to war with the Army you have" - less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered...
...Army We Have TIME said a reporter helped U.S. army specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer?"You go to war with the Army you have"?less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered by our troops less real or less painful to bear because they lack...
TIME said a reporter helped Army Specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer--"You go to war with the Army you have"--less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered by our troops less real or less painful to bear because they lack such protection...
...bill further asserts that the student center must not detract from, but instead compliment house life...