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...Army didn??t already have enough to worry about. Recent reports reveal that, in 2008, suicides by soldiers reached the highest level in nearly three decades. The epidemic extended evenly to all stages of the service: About 35 percent were soldiers who had never been deployed, 30 percent were those on active service—three quarters of them on their first tour of duty—and 35 percent took place after deployment, often more than a year after the soldier had returned home...
...There are other city councillors who go out of their way to take credit for things, including things they don’t deserve credit for,” he said. “Brian worked on lots of things, but didn??t take credit for them...
...When I was preparing myself to enter the classroom, I worried that when I got in front of a bunch of kids I would suddenly discover that I didn??t have “it”—I might not have the talent, the calling, the innate ability to handle a classroom full of kids. Looking back, of course, none of that even exists. I already possessed the raw materials—dedication, optimism, and commitment, along with reservoirs of patience and creativity I didn??t even know...
...well as our own personal histories. We all have a favorite sandwich or a childhood memory at stake in the outcome. If a quesadilla can be considered a sandwich, what would that mean for our memories? My lack of closure stemmed from the fact that knowing the definition didn??t compare to the satisfaction of biting into a juicy pastrami on rye. I spoke to everyone I knew to recover the charm missing from Oxford’s “sandwich (n.)”. Suddenly, I was in a world where everyone else was a secret...
...Monologues” and found it to be a welcoming introduction.“I did theater in high school, but I was kind of intimidated by Harvard,” Cleary says. “There are a lot of people here, and I was a freshman. I didn??t go to Common Casting in the fall. I was much too intimidated.”After directing the show for the first time last year, Bryant became involved in productions such as “The Goat” and “Lysistrata” based...