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...resident I think that Obama is an excellent choice for President. In January you will have a mixed-race President for a mixed-race country. This sounds ideal. But why do so many people speak of a "black" President? The fact that Obama's father was black does not make him black. I wonder how many people in Kenya are celebrating because they now have a white President (because his mother was white). None, I suspect. David Burdett, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND...
...human resources expert at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. "Because they perceived married men to be more stable and productive than those in the marriage market." Now that there is little differentiation among benefits across the private sector, many companies rely less on benefits in attracting ideal applicants. Even as private employers have cut back on their pensions and benefit promises, though, public entities, which make up 3% of all employers, have adhered to tradition in serving up generous lifetime packages...
...company has done all right by dogs too. If Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians can't be numbered among the animation studio's most ambitious projects, they both had a high satisfaction quotient. No wonder: the canine attributes of curiosity, affection and unshakable loyalty are an ideal fit for Disney family values of any era. (Cats, not so much.) From the live-action pup opera Old Yeller in the '50s, to the mixed-media friskiness of this fall's Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Disney has paraded and profited from its pooch panache...
House: Lowell! Concentration: Economics Hometown: Weston, Mass. Ideal Date: January 13 (the day after my thesis is due.) Second most ideal date: some creative sequence of events that costs under 10 dollars total. Stealing not allowed. What do you look for in a girl/guy: Genuine concern about something other than money and social status...and funny. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Look 2 places. 1) Wherever my boyfriend is. We’re in a very committed relationship. His name is Thesis. 2) Wherever you find The Seneca Your best pick up line: My great uncle founded...
Somalia's lack of government and extreme poverty make it an ideal breeding ground for piracy, and the Cold War's end helped make that possible. "I can remember driving down the roads in Somalia, and you'd see all these scrap heaps of MiGs and tanks" from the 1969-1991 reign of Siad Barre, the Somali dictator allied with the Soviet Union, Zinni says. "During the Cold War, one side or the other kept authoritarian regimes in power who controlled this sort of thing...