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...consensus among the Masters, however, is that the most important function of the tutors is simply to support the students—something that is not quantifiable...
...federal bureaucracy must be resilient in the face of terror. All vital federal agencies must be able to function effectively without Washington and even without one or two other major cities. This will certainly come at a large cost, but it is better than the alternative. For as alarming and expensive as such plans will be, it is better to plan for tragedy than to be unprepared when it strikes...
...UMass RAs do form a union, they will succeed only in changing the relationship between their university and themselves for the worse. RAs currently function as liaisons between the university and students; the tension that often accompanies union negotiations will be detrimental to this relationship. UMass representatives say that if RAs unionize the University may be forced to replace undergraduate RAs with graduate students—a measure that would help no one and would deprive all students of the undergraduate leadership RAs provide. Though some have said this is merely a bargaining tactic by the UMass administration, it appears...
When the forum opened for questins from the audience, participants asked about Roosevelt’s ego and political acumen and how he would function in today’s media-driven world...
...restore basic function to his left arm, Holgersen uses the Freehand System, a device that restores the ability to grasp, hold and release objects. During a seven-hour operation, surgeons at Denmark's National Hospital made incisions in Holgersen's upper left arm, forearm and chest. Eight flexible cuff electrodes, each about the size of a small coin, were attached to the muscles in his arm and hand that control grasping. These electrodes were then connected by ultrathin wires to a stimulator - a kind of pacemaker for the nervous system - implanted in his chest. The stimulator was in turn linked...