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...invent himself because his spirit was not likely to be gently formed by his odious aunt and uncle. Not having a regular family, kids say, is something many of them can relate to. Teachers in inner-city schools, where many troubled kids are bouncing through foster care, are stunned by the power of the books over their students. "Many of these kids have grown up without parents, but they still have to make moral choices in their lives," notes Ebony Thomas, 25, an English teacher at Cass Tech High School in Detroit. "Before, those choices might have been dictated...
...week, the protests had become a nightly affair, and pro-clergy vigilantes had retaliated by storming a dormitory and injuring 50 students. "Our society now is like a room full of gas," proclaimed Hadi Kahhal Zadeh, a member of the Office to Foster Unity, Iran's largest student organization, "ready to ignite with a small spark...
...shopping experience starts before customers ever get to the store. Their expectations are created in television and print ads, and the best stores deliver on those expectations. The ones that don't deliver foster a vague sense of unease and resentment. Store designer Richard Russo of Virginia's Hybridia Design cites J.C. Penney's "girl stuff" TV spot in which a hip young mom and her teenage daughter head off for a day of fun at Penney's. While many parents like the value and convenience offered by Penney's, "kids don't feel good about going into that store...
With this project, we hope to create a more complete record and to foster a deeper understanding of the experiences of women on Harvard’s campus today...
...billion for the first year. And having accepted the role as Iraq's effective government for the next year and quite probably beyond, the Bush administration now finds itself confronting problems quite familiar to the Arab leaders with whom he met on Tuesday in Egypt: How to foster democracy in a context where the majority of voters may well favor extremists; how to create legitimate institutions for public participation in government while maintaining overall control; finding the proper role for religious authorities in a culture where church and state are not always separated and where the clergy have greater legitimacy...