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...control grass fires raging in the large islands of the Parana River Delta some 30 minutes north of the city rolled over urban areas, resulting in the closing of airports, ports and bus terminals. Meanwhile, the authorities were forced to block highway motor traffic following a number of fatal acciddents on smoke-choked national roads. The air has been unbreathable; asthmatics were suffering, as were infants...
...June, Plouffe says, "there's not going to be any basking in the sun when you become the nominee. You're going to have about 30 seconds" to enjoy the victory before turning to general-election planning. Still, he says, McCain's head start "is not going to be fatal. It is just a challenge...
...ways. It wants to make the case that there is more fun - maybe more simple humanity - to be found in the formative years of mighty enterprises (the movie business is an equally good example), before the sober men in suits take charge. This shift in tone is not entirely fatal to the movie, for Clooney's coolly scheming charm remains intact, and Zellweger gives as good as she gets in their exchanges. I also think that we are witnessing a star-making performance - loose, easy and avoiding the threat of smugness that lurks in his role - from John Krasinski. Maybe...
...That question of her personal decision in dealing with her disease early on in no way alters her right to a dignified death later in life, argues Emmanuel Debost, a general practitioner who treated and supported Sébire even before her fatal disease was diagnosed. "It also tries to discredit that right to a dignified end by suggesting my patient was somehow guilty in the terminal evolution of her disease...
...possible.This move also undoes much of the progress to make Harvard’s undergraduate experience available to all. While we have made strides in improving the socio-economic, racial, and geographic diversity of Harvard’s undergraduates, the decision to end the transfer program is a fatal blow to students who, for any variety of reasons, have made different educational decisions, such as attending community college or enrolling in a two-year program like Deep Springs College. Given the circumstances in which this decision was made, it may deter many students from applying to transfer to Harvard when...