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...into Americans' sense of community, the program provides cops, motorists and the public at large with information about specific abductions - and asks for their help in finding missing children. For the past two months we've heard a lot about Amber Alert, but how, exactly, does the system function? And does it work? A rundown...
...role is to make sure the University continues to function, to make sure those that live, work and study here are protected,” says Thomas E. Vautin, associate vice president of Facilities and Environmental Services...
Unlocking the mystery of the DNA molecule opened the doors to understanding some but not all secrets of life. One of the remaining mysteries is how some scientists readily recognize the inherent complexity in the structure and function of DNA and RNA yet still believe all of life came about from chaos by mere chance. Though the probability of that happening is outrageously remote, we scientists who choose to believe in the God of Creation are frequently ridiculed. PHILLIP A. NICKEL, PH.D. Grants Pass...
...power of literature; understood in this manner, literature does not provide a haven from our world, but a way to cultivate the sympathies necessary to being better citizens in it. What is revolutionary about this kind of poetry is that it doesn’t discriminate between form and function: a precisely placed word invests literature with the ability to move, offend, inspire, and incite, making the act of reading and writing deeply, even deliberately, pragmatic. There is everything political about American literature...
Although some education activists are criticizing Romney’s proposal for forcing cuts to higher education, the plan is sensitive to the function of the university system—to provide a quality education to all students. Moreover, cuts to higher education comparable to those of other departments are fair. In the past, governors have often left cuts vague or targeted universities’ general funds, leaving choices up to college administrators—who usually reduce every budget except for their own. Romney has taken a different tack; he has called for a program that would completely restructure...