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...Politicians are natural masters at understanding how metaphors can control conversations. Just think of President Obama and Administration officials - people with a vested interest in convincing us the country is on the mend - talking about "glimmers of hope" in the economy. "Green shoots" seem like child's play when set next to "glimmers of hope. (See the top 10 worst business deals of the past year...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith recently appointed six working groups to oversee what he has called the “reshaping” of different sections of FAS, which is set to run an annual deficit of over $143 million that administrators hope to close by July 2011. According to University President Drew G. Faust, the purpose of the working groups is to come up with ideas for “structural changes,” which could include “better ways of sharing” administrative duties...
...Craig B. Colbeck, a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student. Linda Ellison, who teaches in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality department, organized the event after hearing about the policy change from UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59 at a May 11 meeting. She said she hoped that the protest would make people aware of the importance of anonymous testing. “I hope that it’s raising awareness,” she said. “UHS is trying to make this a very undercover issue...
...into Child Abuse released its findings. The five-volume, 2,600-page report is a catalog of horrors, describing "endemic sexual abuse" at boys' institutions and the "daily terror" of physical abuse experienced by the estimated 30,000 Irish children who were sent to them. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...
...major crisis for us from a public-perception point of view," says Garvey. "There were people who believed they were doing the very best for these kids, but that was ruined by the unconscionable actions of a number of people. Is it irreparable damage? I would hope not, but there is a huge task of reconciliation and helping damaged people [repair] their lives...