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...When I was a child, my parents took us on vacation in the South and I saw the signs over rest rooms that said "Coloreds" and "Whites." I saw the pain in my mother's face that she even had to explain something like that to me in the United States of America. My mother didn't live to see this moment, but I have, and it will be a bit emotional when and if he is declared the winner. I know I will cry a tear or two when I think of all who suffered at the hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Michael Moore | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort of glorified accounting that serves to regulate the affairs of those who have power—and that all too often seeks to explain, to those who do not, the ultimate wisdom and justness of the condition...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Before Obama... Hayes? | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...must be taken daily for six months." As a nurse, I immediately see possible solutions. First, ask drug companies to change the shape of the pills or make them smaller, if they are difficult to swallow. Second, place pills that are bitter inside empty capsules - no unpleasant taste. Third, explain the critical nature of the disease in one power-packed sentence: Take these medications daily until all are gone, or you will die. If many millions of women can remember to take a birth control pill every day for years, surely those with TB can be convinced to take their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Candidates, Two Styles | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...wonder that we cannot stop reading political blogs, obsessing about the newest poll, and struggling to find something in the political science literature to explain this election...

Author: By Jennifer Hochschild | Title: Looking Backward and Forward from Election Day, 2008 | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...built on runs, lunges, jumps, leaps, you know, things that kids naturally do. But they’re not just doing steps—they’re dancing with a strong sense of inner tension,” Peck says, pausing as she ponders how to best explain this concept. “It’s the connection between my thoughts and my dancing that is the deeply affirming experience that results in this consonance and strengthened sense of self...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Step By Step | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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