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...have been watching movies about traveling to other planets for years [Jan. 26]. The urge to explore space is in our blood, and only the uneducated can stop us from going. It is certain that we will benefit from the knowledge we gain. We should embark on this venture not alone but as part of a cooperative, worldwide effort. It sounds like a pipe dream, but there is enough out there for all of us. Robert King Edgerton...
...urge to explore space is in our blood, and only the uneducated can stop us from going [Jan. 26]. It is certain we will benefit from the knowledge we gain. We should embark on this venture as part of a cooperative worldwide effort. It sounds like a pipe dream, but there is enough out there for all of us. Robert King Edgerton...
...other hand, we have so many of our people stuck behind in the ghetto of despair,” Gates says. “And it made me sad and want to embark upon a campaign to restore the value of education to our people, and a campaign for a revolution in attitudes...
Campbell decided it was time to embark on a new career. He and two colleagues applied for Trade Adjustment Assistance, a program that Congress enacted in 1974, when manufacturing workers began losing their jobs to imported goods. The idea was that a worker who lost his or her job when cheaper imported goods captured the U.S. market could receive as much as two years of retraining, a cash allowance that picked up after unemployment benefits ran out, and money to cover relocation expenses...
...hands of crooked smugglers, in the backs of suffocating trucks, on the decks of leaking fishing boats - to reach Europe. Abdi Salan crossed Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya and the Mediterranean before touching Italian territory. His journey started in January, when he left his family and friends behind to embark on a harrowing odyssey in pursuit of his European dream. This is his story. THE FIRST STEP In Mogadishu, the sweet-faced, rail-thin young man named Abdi Salan Mohammed Hassan is known for his football prowess. He plays endless matches in the city's empty lots and with his quick feet...