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...touched a popular vein. Americans really do believe in the idea of education. Unlike the class systems in Europe, America's educational systems were the means for salvation, not only in making money but in allowing one to become a fully educated human being. That was an ideal with parents. Universities in general have nothing but contempt for that...
...What would you propose instead for the American university? Is there an equivalent ideal of Bloom's campus, and what kinds of students and faculty might be found there...
...became a code-compliance officer in Park City, the working-class Wichita suburb where he, Paula and one of BTK's victims lived. It seemed an ideal job for a lover of rules, and he held it until last week, when the city council fired him. "He'd come by and measure your grass, and if it was too long, he'd give you a warning and tell you, 'You got 10 days to mow it or get a fine,'" says James Reno, who lived a few doors down from the Raders. No permit for your garage sale? He would...
...Yamada maintains some traditions, however. About half of his wares are still produced from wood and natural urushi lacquer by craftsmen in the Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures beside the Sea of Japan, where the moist air creates ideal conditions for varnishing. Yamada Heiando also remains a purveyor of lacquer ware to the Imperial Household Agency. Does that mean Japan's royals will be trying out Yamada Heiando's newfangled goods, like its natty lacquer cuff links? "I'd like them to," Yamada says, "but it's not so easy." Commoners, on the other hand, can't get enough...
Women overwhelmingly said that personal interaction and recognition were crucial components of the ideal workplace. Building on previous research which found that fewer women considered themselves ambitious than men, the authors of the study argue that there is a correlation...