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...pride on the advances that have been made in creating opportunities for African-Americans. Today, less than 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s resounding call to action, our nation has responded with unprecedented efforts to narrow the racial divide in educational opportunities, revitalize inner-city neighborhoods, and encourage minorities to participate in government. Indeed, it is expected that on Feb. 10, Senator Barack H. Obama will formally announce his candidacy for the White House, possibly paving the way for the first African-American to receive a major political party’s nomination...
...this regard, legislators ought to harness the momentum of Black History Month to find funding for vocational education programs, ensure inner-city schools have adequate facilities, and provide recovery grants for those still reeling from Katrina. Our nation’s corporate leaders should do their part by providing incentives for employees to improve their education levels by offering vocational programs, and should seek to create a meaningful diverse work environment. The highest educational institutions in this country should harness the power of their faculty and students to find innovative solutions to one of our most vexing and pervasive problems...
...know I haven't told you where it is yet," he says. He then indicates a 250-sq.-ft. area on the eastern stretch of the Vasari mural, behind which, he asserts, lies the masterpiece. Having looked at sketches and copies of Anghiari, I strain to tap into an inner X-ray to see through the mural to the Leonardo behind. The original, a Renaissance forebear of Pablo Picasso's Guernica, was described by Italian writer Anton Francesco Doni as a "miraculous" rendering of the ravages of war. The battle depicted was a key victory of the Florentine Republic, which...
...Prime Minister, meet with appreciative chuckles from the assembled retinue of advisers, who still call him "Your Excellency." But for all of Thaksin's repeated protestations that he will bow out of politics, that his family needs him, that his Buddhist beliefs are propelling him to find an inner peace, the atmosphere in his fancy suite is one of expectation, not closure. Thaksin and Thailand are not done with each other...
...liberal theology - He's a linguistic symbol, or a vague kind of spirituality. I've heard liberal theologians who have said that in situations like mine God is basically active in helping you find our own inner resources. It was very apparent to me in the ICU that I had no inner resources. My trust was in the unlimited sovereignty of the God of the Bible. I shudder to think of going through that experience believing that there is no one in control...