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...metric system is vastly more intuitive and logical than the imperial system. Certainly a meter (which is defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second) is far less arbitrary of a unit than a yard. (Then again, to be fair, the meter was originally defined as “one ten-millionth of the length of the earth’s meridian along a quadrant...
...crimes against humanity. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic—who was indicted in 1999 and arrested in April of 2001—has been overshadowed recently by the trial of another notorious leader, Saddam Hussein. “If you want to be sure that he has a fair trial,” Del Ponte said about the former Iraqi president, “he should be tried outside of Iraq. [It is] difficult for witnesses to testify in Baghdad.” The diminutive Del Ponte, who is proficient in four languages, displayed a dry wit and passion...
...evaluative criteria in the survey should assess the expense of materials required to take a course. As we have repeatedly commented, the costs for textbooks, course packs, and sourcebooks are more outrageous than ever, for a variety of reasons. It’s only fair that students should be allowed to voice their discontent over high costs associated with particularly pricey courses. This evaluation would alert teaching staffs who might not otherwise be aware of the problem that their course materials were unpalatably expensive...
...eliminate the spread of wages over the range of possible jobs and the skills, training, difficulty, and risk associated with those positions flies in the face of any logic. No group or organization can thoughtfully demand wages 50 percent higher than their current level and nearly double the fair wage as valued by the nation as a whole...
...there were too many defensive errors,” Tornaritis said. “We should have scored more.” But despite the draw, Kerr was pleased with the changes he saw in his team’s play. “The tie result was a fair one,” he said. “The team played with good pressure and they kept it up the whole time.” With Harvard likely out of playoff contention, Kerr and his players agreed that the remaining games won’t be easy. Seniors began...