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...larger picture, the compromise allows Harvard to state its unequivocal opposition to the gay ban without creating an injustice of its own--depriving students of the right to participate in ROTC. That the military discriminates against gays is not the fault of Harvard students. And Harvard students should not be punished for the sins of our political leaders...
...seems to identify with every nuance of the character. The script is less kind to Deborah Eisenstadt. She is forced to play two completely different women while somehow relating them. I'm not sure that even Mery Streep could have succeeded in this task. Eisenstadt can hardly be at fault for failing to make this character believable...
...second fault is our complete inability to either realize or accept the need for delaying gratification in order to effect change. The term system has great strengths and weaknesses; it keeps the government from becoming entrenched and tyrannical, but it also makes long-term planning difficult and leaves such ideas at the whim of voters. With our MTV attention span of roughly 15 seconds, we cannot stand a politician who cannot immediately rectify any situation, nor can we make short-term sacrifices for long-term gain. For instance, we refuse to accept years or even decades of higher taxes...
Greenspan seemed to be striking out on two fronts: he was receiving little credit from the bond market for jacking up interest rates for the sixth time this year, and he was unintentionally deepening an old fault line in the American economy. "Never before has there been such a huge gap in perception between what is going on in the real economy and what the financial markets think is going on," says Robert Hormats, the vice chairman at Goldman Sachs International. The two sides, used to fighting with statistics, came as close as they could to meeting face to face...
...placed 40,094 au pairs in American homes since 1986 say between 20% and 30% of their placements don't work out. Unhappy au pairs complain that they are lonely and treated like slaves. Discontented parents speak of au pairs who are immature, irresponsible or mentally unstable. Both sides fault the agencies for sloppy screening procedures and poor follow-through when troubles arise...