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...Although nobody starves in Burma, poverty and malnutrition exist and are by some accounts increasing. Outside Mandalay, I visited the families of migrant workers who live in squalid lean-tos on the wide, refuse-strewn banks of the Irrawaddy River. They labor for subsistence wages, shoveling sand from dredging boats or hauling illegal timber. Often there's not enough work to go around, and sometimes?for example, when the dredgers run out of fuel?there's none at all. Sickness is everywhere. "I have a husband and three children," said a woman dressed in rags...
...interview that student, and you soon determine that the kid can’t read, write, articulate or think very well, then I’d argue that that school has grade inflation. It is not grade inflation if objective standards for earning an A exist, and the students are achieving or exceeding those standards regardless of the percentage of students who do so. You should not socialize this thing to the point that student accomplishment is short-changed by some other agenda than the recognition of his or her performance...
...fact, there exist no licensed players for the Linux operating system, so while the three million Linux users can all play DVDs on their computer using a clever program called DeCSS (versions of which have been written that are small enough to fit neatly on the back of a business card), to do so is a violation of federal law. It’s equivalent to selling a book on the express (though not explicitly agreed upon) stipulation that a whole group of potential readers couldn’t break a seal put on chapter 10. There?...
...system, its distinct niche within the community will disappear, and, before long, the Bureau and its educational function will disappear with it,” the letter said. “While the Bureau may remain in name and address, its distinctive nature and role will inevitably cease to exist...
Harvard students appear to be ambivalent towards athletics because a “sports culture” does not exist. At Michigan, whether it’s football, basketball or hockey, students get revved up for athletic contests. It is the center of social life. It is THE activity. At Harvard, the same cannot be said. For a few, athletics is king. But for the general student body, nothing could be farther from the truth...