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...Because to dwell on the life and death of this mass murderer might remind Americans of the fundamental justice of the war. It might cause the American people to wonder why, having accomplished this, they should be so quick to give up on accomplishing more. It might cause them to hesitate before succumbing to despair when confronted by the challenges of continued violence and terrorism. It might cause them to wonder whether tyranny might not still be successfully replaced by liberty...
...that I first met Josephine Fiorentino—then chair of the board of directors for the Charlesview Apartments—she spoke with passion about the historical importance of the 213-unit affordable housing development as a community within Allston. She did not meet with me to dwell on the past or to bemoan the difficult challenges of operating an aging housing complex like Charlesview. She made it abundantly clear that what she and her fellow Charlesview board members were focused on was the long term future of Charlesview; and that, they thought, involved Harvard...
...future plans, Lue says that he is too preoccupied with his current responsibilities to dwell on what is to come. “I think perhaps one of my flaws is that I’m so consumed by the idea of the now, doing what I want to do right now,” he says laughing. “It’s nuts. It’s kind of a crazy life...
...core knowledge and what educators call "portable skills"--critical thinking, making connections between ideas and knowing how to keep on learning--the U.S. curriculum needs to become more like that of Singapore, Belgium and Sweden, whose students outperform American students on math and science tests. Classes in these countries dwell on key concepts that are taught in depth and in careful sequence, as opposed to a succession of forgettable details so often served in U.S. classrooms. Textbooks and tests support this approach. "Countries from Germany to Singapore have extremely small textbooks that focus on the most powerful and generative ideas...
...Crimson (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) can’t afford to dwell on the loss, as it prepares for a Big Green (1-5, 1-2 Ivy) team that is riding some momentum coming off of a victory against Columbia, its first of the season...