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...time, all three were studying international education policy at GSE, but they were disappointed that the school did not offer opportunities to gain the necessary experience abroad...
...doesn't matter if global warming is man-made or not. We must aim to change to sustainable energy sources, increase research and development into alternative energy sources and cut down on carbon emissions. We'll have to do it anyway - fossil fuels are running out. You gain nothing by not doing anything, but gain a lot in innovative industries and jobs by supporting the change to renewable energy. If the U.S. wants to be part of the new world order and not get overrun by those who have changed tack, they should listen to their President. Hans Ramlov, COPENHAGEN...
...Anybody who has ever powered up a Nintendo knows the addictive pull to finish another scene or gain one more level. "Engagement, reward, leveling up - those are powerful tools," says Alan Gershenfeld, former vice president at the game firm Activision and now president of E-Line Media, a New York City-based developer of social games. "Game designers have it honed to a whole new level...
...Three years after Conyers introduced preliminary legislation in 1968, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - which King headed from its inception until his death - presented Congress with a petition signed by more than 3 million people supporting a King holiday. The bill languished in Congress for eight years, unable to gain enough support until President Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia and the first Democratic President since Lyndon Johnson, vowed to support a King holiday. (See pictures from the life of Coretta Scott King...
...Many pundits have denounced the dramatic stiffening of rules, saying it has coincided with the conservative-led government's recent obsession with immigration, the place of Islam in French society and the current state of French national identity. Critics argue that conservatives are trying to stoke nationalist sentiment to gain the support of right-wing voters. "In recent years, France has stopped its offensive of exporting its universal values globally, and shrunk into a defensive position that views everything outside it as threatening and corrupting," Naulleau says. "That now even includes most foreign-born French people, though clearly...