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...Deng has done just that. When we met six months later, it was at the new campus of top-ranked Sichuan University, where he now studies electrical engineering. In July, Deng took the college-entrance exam and passed with the highest score among his schoolmates. The head of the university asked him to give a speech commemorating the new school year. "If you're still alive, then there is no reason to despair," he told his classmates and teachers. "I am living, and my life is hopeful." But in private, there are moments of doubt. "To get used...
...think you've gotta look at President-elect Obama and say, Wow, if he can go from being this kid from Hawaii to the highest office in the land, then kids should say, I want to be like President Obama, and I'm going to focus on my education, because now I know I can definitely be the President. That's how you gotta look at it. Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education...
...America to its black First Family, Barack had to share Obamamania with the wife and kids. Us Weekly ran a cover story on BARACK OBAMA'S GIRLS. Michelle, Malia and Sasha graced the cover of New York magazine's gift guide. And half of the Obamas' 60 Minutes--the highest-rated episode of any TV show this season--covered the kids' school prospects, the puppy issue and Obama's diplomatic relations with his mother-in-law. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...civil rather than criminal penalty. Wisconsin is the only state in which this is so. A felony charge is not issued until the fifth conviction of drunk driving. The results are evident: In 2007, 41.4 percent of motor-vehicle fatalities in the state were related to alcohol, the third-highest of any state in the country and significantly higher than the national rate of 31.7 percent. Drunk-driving penalties in Wisconsin and elsewhere should be significantly more severe, and AWARE is right to draw attention to the problem.But, frankly, the coalition’s other goal of decreasing underage drinking...
...Wednesday November 4, 2008, Barack H. Obama was elected President of the United States, making him the first African-American to hold our nation’s highest post. A black man had achieved what months ago was considered impossible, and he would go down in history for doing so. As I watched him give his acceptance speech before the multitudes filling Hyde Park, tears sprang to my eyes and only one thought entered my head: “It should have been me.” I began my own campaign for U.S. president at the tender...