Word: heraldic
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Long, long ago (circa 1979) an institution was born at Harvard College. It was named “The Core,” and its coming was prophesized to herald a golden age in the education of collegiate pupils. Under its benevolent rule, simple undergraduates would be transformed from ignorant savages into enlightened cosmopolitans who no longer sought to gain the easy A, but rather to enrich their existence with knowledge of the ages. All that was needed was absolute submission?...
...Cullen, of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, says Australians have been slow to realize that some places are permanently in drought. "The continuous drip feeding of drought relief just helps people with little hope of recovery to hang on a bit longer," he wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald. "It seems designed to maximize their misery and the land degradation they cause as they scratch out a living on farms that are too small to be viable." Water management expert Cullen and his colleagues expect the country to get hotter and drier. Climate scientists say the future's bleak...
Sources: Reuters; Herald-Tribune; Washington Post; New York Daily News; Reuters...
...this Korea Herald story chronicled a fierce debate among Seoul lawmakers about whether SoKo should support the sanctions or if the action would provoke Kim Jong Il. Because now CNN says they are even reportedly working on a second weapon...
...Committee remains solid in its resolve to give no clues as to who will win. In fact, the names of the nominees are never released until 50 years after their nominations - it was only recently revealed that former President Dwight Eisenhower was nominated in 1955, according to the International Herald Tribune. But that doesn't stop speculators and bookmakers from making guesses and taking bets on the winners. On the contrary, for many the cloistered nature of the prize only makes it a more exciting, and irresistible, game to play...