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...original, however, in referring to environmental challenges and saying "It's time we asked Americans to be patriotic about something other than war." Former Nevada Senator Alan Bible said, "We labor long and earnestly for peace because war threatens the survival of man. It is time we labored with equal passion to defend our environment." Mary Wear, Arlington, Texas...
...official position of the Republican Party on abortion is more extreme than most people realize. All of its recent platforms have declared that "the 14th Amendment's protections apply to unborn children." The 14th Amendment is the one that protects fundamental rights and "equal protection of the laws." If "unborn children" are a protected group under the 14th Amendment--like blacks, women and so on--abortion is unconstitutional. A state couldn't legalize abortion even if its citizens wished to. Women who procure abortions and doctors who perform them would have to be prosecuted for murder, just like a woman...
...strengths, life outside the classroom is often more rewarding and educational, not to mention a welcome change of pace. Furthermore, enforcing grade deflation would undermine the autonomy of professors to dole out grades in accordance with the peculiarities of the classes and students they teach. Classes are not created equal: They have different expectations, difficulty levels, and requirements. Upper level classes and seminars that are notoriously difficult attract students who look forward to working with each other to overcome extraordinarily difficult material. In extreme cases like the notorious Mathematics 55, “Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra...
...think that women will ever truly have equal rights in the Middle East...
...says Roger Allan, chairman of the clinical issues committee of Australia's National Heart Foundation. The polypill, he says, "is the lazy man's option." In 2004, health experts in the Netherlands proposed the polymeal-fish, red wine, garlic, vegetables, fruit, almonds, dark chocolate-as an alternative of roughly equal potency...