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...open education is not the only instance of the University denying free access to its resources in part, at least, for the sake of revenue. Just take a look at the Ivy League’s Borrow Direct interlibrary loan program in which all the Ivies—except Harvard—take part, despite the fact that Harvard has the fourth largest library collection in the world. Although Harvard does participate in a type of ILL program, it usually slaps charges onto the loans...
...moon, Mark Twain liked to say, with a dark side he doesn't show anybody. The set speeches and careful debates tell us only how candidates want to be seen. Nixon could be a statesman in public and a hit man in private. Eisenhower was the amiable uncle - except that it was known around the White House that if the President was wearing a brown suit that day, stay away or risk his wrath. His reputation as an indifferent manager evaporated once scholars got a look at his papers, which showed a much more engaged and sophisticated player than...
...statement is "Let this cup pass from me." Observes Yancey: "He's basically saying, 'Get me out of this!' " Yet he quickly moves into a stage of calm. "By the end of the night, he's the calmest person there. He's told God, 'If this cannot pass away except I drink it, thy will be done.' " The final stage of the prayer, Yancey maintains, is uttered by Jesus from the cross when he beseeches, "Father forgive them. They know not what they do." Yancey does not expect that everyone caught in the current economic vice will achieve quite that...
...back to haunt people later in life. Such violations have nothing to do with an individual’s competence in a specific job and should not show up on background checks. More importantly, however, the laws punish an act that should not be illegal. Smoking marijuana hurts nobody except, arguably, the smoker. Since the proposal wisely keeps intact the laws that punish driving under the influence of marijuana and even strengthens the laws governing underage use, there is no conceivable justification for punishing possession except for the smoker’s own good. Even if smoking has a detrimental...
...Instead, the rebels released everyone except for Howes and Houn. Both men were killed a few days later on the orders of the ruthless Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok. It took two years for British detectives to positively confirm that Howes had been executed and his body cremated on a makeshift pyre of wood and gasoline...