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...look for the bomb-damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Church tower, left as a reminder of the horrors of war. After passing the House of World Cultures, known by locals as the Pregnant Oyster, the bus approaches the Reichstag. It sports a huge glass dome by British architect Norman Foster that sits over the plenary hall - from the viewing deck inside you can look down and see parliamentarians at work. Just behind the Reichstag, look carefully for the cobblestone line marking where the Wall once stood. Passing the Brandenburg Gate, you travel on Unter den Linden boulevard with its elegant 18th century...
...been worried about DeLay's increasing stress and growing girth, say he feels liberated. He just turned 59, and he celebrated by having dinner with his pastor and attending a gala for child advocates, whose cause he has long supported. He plans an aggressive schedule of speeches to promote foster care, the infusion of Christian faith into public life and the election of Republicans to all offices, great and small. DeLay said he has not ruled out becoming a lobbyist, and friends would not be surprised if he went that route. "He has to make a living," one said. DeLay...
...offer the insights of their unique perspectives and to feel truly invested in the presidential search process. We had hoped that the search committee would never meet without the presence of students or faculty; we hope under the proposed system, at least these times will remain very rare. To foster a sense that all students and faculty are closely tied to the presidential search process, the University must also select a diverse group of students and faculty members to populate the committees, and it must make its selections in a transparent and well-publicized manner. Including only older, more established...
...complication” were diseases, then Harvard kids would be a high-risk demographic. And since we already know that we’re prone to the “nerdiness” that makes us susceptible to the infection, then it’s counteractive to foster a culture of self-deprecation in which it can grow. Perhaps it is time to stop obsessing over the awkward kitsch and start having more faith in our own abilities to be functional members of society. Declaring things “awkward” when they are merely natural does nothing...
...DeLay: The other thing I want to work on is to help Christine in her vision for foster care, foster kids. [Oaks at] Rio Bend [a residence for foster children planned by a DeLay-controlled charity] is not completed yet. We want to complete it, and hopefully it will be a model we can take around the country-around the state and around the country-to show that government can't raise children, that people raise children and we have a way of giving foster children, abused and neglected children a safe, permanent home...