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...show, GMA, under Sawyer, was a huge asset to ABC's bottom line. But the show has struggled recently, allowing CBS's The Early Show to approach it in the ratings. Without Sawyer that struggle gets even harder, and the show may have to reimagine itself as less anchor-driven. "I think what might happen now is there might be more sampling," says Zev Shalev, executive producer of The Early Show, which relies more on traditional news-reporting than star hosts. "That's a huge opportunity...
...alternative path that the SCCC presents is a bottom-up, student-driven, independent movement to bring a successful conclusion to this lengthy process to establish a social life for Harvard students. What it promises is a genuine rallying point for the entire Harvard community: a centrally located space for student groups to meet and host events, for alumni to take the pulse of the campus, for continuous planned and impromptu artistic exhibitions. Perhaps most importantly, a locale for individual students to come together and create the kind of spontaneous interactions that make it such a privilege to attend a school...
...classroom for nearly four centuries now, but it has only begun the process of integrating an extremely diverse collection of students—from different genders, races, ethnicities, religions, and socioeconomic classes—fairly recently, so work remains to be done. This drive for an independent, student-driven, fully inclusive, gender-neutral community center offers an opportunity for Harvard to continue its natural evolution, to continue its task of producing the best possible women and men to serve our republic. As Higginson put it in 1901, remembering his many classmates and comrades who had labored silently...
...Cincinnati study, in which Kennedy participated, found that "street groups" accounted for three-tenths of 1% of the city's population but are connected with 75% of its homicides. Kennedy estimates that of the 14,831 nationwide killings counted in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, half are driven by these groups. "Street code says if you're disrespected, you have to hurt someone," he explains. "That is the most powerful influence out there...
When he first floated the idea of a third term two years ago, Uribe probably didn't expect to run out of time, but he appears to have miscalculated his support in Congress. Many lawmakers loyally back the president's policies, especially his national security program which has driven back Marxist guerrillas and led to a steep drop in homicides and kidnappings. But some fear that another four-year term would put too much power in the hands of Uribe, turning him into a right-wing version of Hugo Chávez. Others, like Senator German Vargas Lleras...