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...removal of the OIP from University Hall raises concerns about the creation of a physical disconnect between students and the office, which is now in a less central location, if only for this year...

Author: By Josh M. Zagorsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: OIP Moves From Yard to Arrow St | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...disconnect on security between the U.S. and the government of Iraq crystallized Friday, as Washington made clear it is in no rush to pull troops out of Iraq, just as Baghdad made it clear it's shopping for 36 F-16 jet fighters that could end up costing the war-weary nation close to $4 billion. While it's easy to understand why the U.S. is leery of jeopardizing recent security gains with a hasty troop withdrawal - despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki insisting on a timetable for ending the American military presence - the logic of Baghdad's effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Fast Should Iraq Re-Arm? | 9/6/2008 | See Source »

...According to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, U.S. textbook prices rose 186% between 1986 and 2004, or twice the rate of inflation. College students now spend roughly $900 on textbooks every academic year, books they are required by their professors to purchase. This disconnect between the buyer and the seller allows publishing companies to artificially inflate their prices. "Publishing companies generally don't disclose prices to faculty," says Luke Swarthout, a higher education advocate at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. "The person buying the books isn't the person paying for them - it's what we call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outsourcing the Textbook | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...been the guiding philosophy of the past 30 years, a period of disdain for governance - even Bill Clinton said, "The era of Big Government is over" - that reached its nadir in the sloppiness of the current Bush Administration. It is an era that has been marked by a growing disconnect between the very rich and the middle class (median family income has dropped by an estimated $1,000 during the Bush years). And it is an era when even the most rudimentary responsibilities of government have been neglected - like keeping up the country's infrastructure, and not just its roads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Recession Election | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...This disconnect is probably just temporary. In another decade or two, one side or the other will have won out, and then we'll all be on the same page, and we won't have this kind of misunderstanding anymore. But I know which side I'm rooting for. I'm sure Foxy Brown is with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Post Apocalypse | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

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