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...their grades based on these submissions. The practice is particularly rampant among offspring of “chosen ones”—politicians and employees of giant state-owned corporations, high-profile government officials, and figures at prestigious public sector institutions. Gradually, there has been a drastic decline in moral values in India to the point where no value is attached for originality or creativity. Naturally, every other movie produced in India is an unabashed rehash of a Hollywood chart buster. Complete sequences are lifted with no semblance of any acknowledgment to the original. The government routinely confers...
...York City. He’s using the $500 from the Jonathan Levy Award for professional headshots to use in auditions. In a few years he would like to be living and working in Los Angeles, in the film and television industry. His professional aspirations are a drastic shift for a young man who had never attempted acting until just two years ago. But if the opinions of his colleagues are any indication, Martin’s inexperience should prove no obstacle.According to Spillane-Hinks, “Working with him has catapulted [my] estimation of him up to heights...
...says Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, "but in terms of time and energy, it takes up a lot." To achieve Coburn's goal of balancing a federal budget of more than $2 trillion - with an estimated deficit this year of more than $300 billion - would require drastic spending cuts that Coburn might support but that his colleagues would almost surely oppose even more fiercely than they have fought his campaign against earmarks. But Coburn is determined. Asked by reporters where he would take his pork fight next, he mentioned some spending bills coming up and added with...
...increased number of students seeking grants for thesis and other research abroad were denied funding because of the overwhelming number of applicants. After recent efforts by the College and University to increase international opportunities for Harvard undergraduates, a corresponding effort to improve funding of grants is in order. The drastic increase in student interest seen over the past few years must be matched by an equally drastic financial commitment to support these endeavors. This year’s shortfall should not overshadow the improvements that have already been made in funding (and publicity) for international experiences—more Harvard...
Dozens of initiatives that involve incidental contact with government agencies, whether controlled by Hamas ministers or not, are threatened by the nearly-completed funding review. The reassessment is being carried out in the shadow of even more drastic legislation pending in Congress; the White House apparently feels compelled to fall into line before lawmakers take the decision out of its hands. Funding for one infrastructure project has already been halted on the grounds that any contact with the Hamas government is prohibited...