Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could, you would probably try to live up to some idea of what the Harvard student is or does. Some of your classmates are already on that path. But if you refuse to be intimidated by the lists of extracurricular activities and awards that others will regale you with, you will find those things here that are meaningful...
...just something like a sting. Everything went dark, and I fell over on the ground. After a while I got up and walked a little way, but then I blacked out again and fell over. I don't know what happened to the other people. I had no idea why they did that...
...many people question whether it's a good idea for fallible human beings to go mucking about with the genes of other species. It's one thing if a scientific experiment goes wrong in a lab, they say, but something else entirely if it winds up on your dinner plate. To date, there's nothing to suggest that re-engineered plants have ever done anyone any harm. Nonetheless, the European Union has blocked the importation of some GM crops, and since 1997 has required that foods that contain engineered DNA be labeled as such. Plenty of trade watchers in Washington...
...Will East Timor get an international peacekeeping force, and which countries would send troops? Indonesia's failure to keep its commitment to ensure security in East Timor has raised the clamor for an international peacekeeping force to replace Indonesian troops. Jakarta has thus far resisted the idea, at least until the Indonesian parliament recognizes East Timor's independence ? which will take at least a month, and is far from a done deal. Nobody is advocating that peacekeepers fight their way in, which means that right now the international community is raising pressure on Indonesia to accept such a force. Australia...
...idea for "Take 5," as it is called, came from Sergeant Regina Evans, who was looking for a nontraditional way to get teenagers to come to the station to bond with police. But she has been surprised by its popularity among officers as an opportunity to work through the vicissitudes of cop life...