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...would be easy to dismiss this small, weak country in a region that is easily forgotten in the context of our more pressing crises. But Georgia’s troubles are significant for two reasons that have been at the top of lawmakers’ agendas for a while: energy dependence and terrorism. If the United States is serious about reducing its dependence on Middle East oil, its best prospect is this unassuming Caspian nation, which could hold the key for our future in oil and natural gas. But more importantly, if Georgia continues on its current track of escalating...
Some critics dismiss coopting Chopra as a ploy. According to Gladden J. Pappin ’04, to whom Lurie pointed when asked to name an “enemy,” this is just a way to lure voters with Chopra’s popularity...
...center projects in Los Angeles (one for the non-profit Inner-City Arts program and the other for the afflient Harvard-Westlake School) show Maltzan trying to find his own voice. Only in his early 40s, Maltzan is charting a career of Gehry-like proportions; it is hard to dismiss the suspicion that “Lift” is something of a resume-builder for him, especially because it is a somewhat conservative exhibition...
Recall elections should be binding if the turnout exceeds either some fraction of the turnout from the first election or a lesser fraction of the total population of the district. If this turnout is not achieved, the appropriate response should be to hold elections again, not to dismiss the recall petition as merely reflecting some fickle and unimportant whim...
Kadison also noted that many students dismiss the common symptoms related to the illness. “When students aren’t sleeping, or they are feeling negative, they don’t think of these as signs of depression,” Kadison said. Greater outreach, like the MHAAG screening in Loker Commons, will continue to help students identify these symptoms in themselves and others and direct them to the appropriate University resources for treatment. Loker’s accessibility succeeded in attracting greater numbers than in the past; bringing mental health education to students is much more...