Word: freedom
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...corruption charges, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and fined R$ 12 million ($5 million). Mr. Dantas’ fate remains unclear as he may still file multiple appeals that could take years to be evaluated. Nevertheless, his conviction reflects an accomplishment of the Lula administration in Brazil: the freedom of the Polícia Federal, responsible for gathering the evidence in the case. The PF has been allowed to aggressively pursue corruption investigations since 2003 and numerous prosecutions show that Brazil’s institutional modernization process remains strong, despite the chaos in the global economy...
...orthodoxy of their predecessor. Brazil’s interest rate remains among the highest in the world at 13.75 percent. This demonstrates that the left and the right have actually agreed on a plan for the country. Their issues are different—modernization of the tax system vs. freedom for the federal police, or control of the government budget vs. poverty alleviation. But Brazil has reached a new paradigm in its economic history: One of fixing the country’s problems without compromising macroeconomic stability...
...present legislation, which the six-person drafting committee has been working on since March, would give students greater freedom to form their own plan of study, accompanied by more robust advising from a faculty member. English concentrators must complete 11 courses for the non-honors track: six English electives, one English 90 seminar, and one class in each of four newly-created “common-ground modules,” in the words of English professor W. James Simpson, who helped draft the proposal. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Some may argue that sending an email or a handwritten letter to the Student Receivables Office is not an extremely difficult task. These people would miss the point. The UC shouldn’t look on in silence while the administration limits their constituency’s freedom with regard to the fee’s payment. Such quiet complicity makes the Council appear desperate for funding, and happy to wrest money from students who otherwise wouldn’t want to pay. The UC constitution claims that it represents the entire undergraduate student body, not just students who fund...
...think even though material conditions have improved a lot here, and we’re grateful, having an independent organization that’s able to bargain about people’s conditions is really important to diversity and academic freedom,” Paulson said. She said students should be wary of the university pushing teaching duties on graduate students or adjunct professors without providing job security...