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Still, Oxford and Cambridge have high profiles and good names that won't do either any harm in reaching their targets. And their younger rivals are boosting their own names on the global stage. Imperial College, which celebrated its centenary last year, aims to pull in $410 million by 2010 to improve its campuses and bolster scholarships. Across town at the LSE, workmen are putting the finishing touches to an eight-story teaching facility, financed from the $200 million whip-round among alumni and other donors completed in March...
...When I walk up the streets of my barrio and there are no police in sight, I pray to Ismaelito or to Petroleo Crudo," says Escalona. "They were malandros, so maybe they can talk to these malandros and tell them not to harm me." She adds: "I also believe in the Virgin Mary and my other saints - it's just that these saints understand the street better...
...often goes further toward realizing those principles--even more? And what do liberals do when those universal ideals collide with America's self-interest? Giving away the federal budget to Africa would probably increase the net sum of justice and equality on the planet, after all. But it would harm Americans and thus be unpatriotic...
...That is the true genius of America - a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles. It's the idea that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm; that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door; that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe; that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution; and that our votes will be counted...
...that Harvard has stopped using calcium chloride to reduce construction-related dust on Allston streets after residents expressed concerns that the compound could potentially harm neighborhood pets and contaminate the water supply, some say the incident was indicative of the University’s failure to keep the community adequately informed of its expansion plans...