Word: doneness
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...battles and results necessary. But it isn't a forensic psychiatrist's job to come up with counterterrorist strategy. It is their job to offer a cogent alternative to the "Why do they hate us?" hand-wringing that dominates much writing about the terrorist mind-set, and Sageman has done that with great clarity...
...China has become more powerful, it has boosted its leverage on the world stage. Many nations, especially neighbors, are now reluctant to cross Beijing. India, which once welcomed Tibetan exiles, including the Dalai Lama himself, now restrains Tibetan protesters. Nepal has done the same, sometimes brutally, and has indicated that it will clear and secure the Everest route for the Olympic torch - thereby possibly pre-empting anti-China protests. Twenty years ago, when China was weaker, a boycott might have been possible, since other countries could ignore Beijing. Today, the world needs China, with all its warts, to help solve...
...staff an opportunity to help academically struggling students before they fall through the proverbial cracks. Especially in classes that center around classroom discussion, students often have no barometer for their performance in a course until the final term paper is graded—at which point, nothing can be done to salvage his or her grade. Motivated students who may have been unaware of their subpar performance in a course will now have an opportunity to take ownership of their education and have frank discussions with either teaching fellows or professors, while resident tutors and deans can be better informed...
...Star Wars" has been resurrected, and has been standing guard over America's skies since 2004. But the more than $120 billion spent over 25 years to build the "Star Wars" missile shield has not left the U.S. less vulnerable to attack - some would argue that it has done exactly the opposite, by diverting resources away from dealing with more urgent and plausible threats...
...before he drives off, Alves does something that would seem unusual had not the others stopped by the same policemen tonight not done the same thing: He thanks the officers for doing their job. "I think it's good that they stopped me," he says, seemingly sincerely. "There are more police on the streets these days and the crime situation is much better than...