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...warns that a growing number of Iraqis see the insurgency as legitimate resistance to occupation, and is coming to believe that the U.S. can be driven out by the guerrilla campaign. The insurgency, they say, is growing, and the Iraqi Governing Council on which the U.S. had relied to represent Iraqis has no support among them. It warns that if the growing hostility to the U.S. in the Shiite community erupts in violence, all could be lost. So, it appears that while the White House was telling Americans to look at electricity supplies and reopened schools, Iraqis were paying more...
...income students tend to have lower standardized test scores, and they tend overwhelmingly not to apply early. So if a school’s admissions policies are driven by rankings, low-income students are left marginalized...
...it’s difficult to imagine passing up the chance of living in JFK’s old dorm or a large party suite in the Pfoho belltower. Despite the fact that a whopping 98 percent of Harvard students live on campus, a small portion of daring and driven individuals venture off into Cambridge and beyond each year to live outside Harvard housing. In many cases, regardless of University attempts, students “just don’t like the housing system,” explains Orquidea Martinez, the undergraduate coordinator for Dudley House. Off-campus residents...
...impressed Wall Street has already driven the stock price to an all-time high of $68, up 25% this year. "It's a no-brainer. They're going after a new demographic," says William Steele, an analyst for Banc of America Securities...
...this demand is also driven by clearly demonstrated student interest. Last year, fully four out of seven senior theses presented to the committee had gender identity and sexuality as a major focus of their inquiries and the remaining ones wove those issues into a more traditional women’s studies framework...