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...they think that the 2010 census will reveal some of the far-reaching societal effects of the recent economic recession. Della Volpe said that population booms in places like Arizona and Las Vegas, which had been spurred by economic growth, will reverse. Widespread unemployment may cause a drastic decrease in population in industrial cities, he said...
Very few countries, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, have chosen the former option on a nationwide level, and here in the U.S., Washington and Oregon have followed suit. But even without such drastic permissiveness, there is a link between Fukuyama’s predicted champion, liberal democracy, and a rejection of constraint. A democracy that attempts to retain any sense of right and wrong beyond the obvious indicators of injury and illness faces an uphill battle in light of this aversion of conflict...
...wind was a pretty big factor,” freshman Joshua Tchan said. “It was a drastic change from playing in near perfect conditions indoors [the previous day] to going outdoors...
Make no mistake, Obama no longer towers as the über-formidable candidate of 2008. Yet the drastic ups and downs of his first year in office and the likely losses his party will suffer in the November midterms have given a distorted view of his muscle for 2012. He is back on track to raise $1 billion, with all of it to be applied to the general election, rather than to any serious nomination contest. Obama will almost certainly opt out of the matching-funds system for the nomination period and public financing for the general election, raising record...
...Derek Jansma (12 digs), the Crimson held its ground. Bolstered by a number of timely kills from Jones, Harvard closed out the match without much of a threat from the Nighthawks, sealing the final set, 30-22. With yet another solid victory, the Crimson seemed to prove that its drastic shift in results is not a fluke, but rather a sign of genuine improvement...