Word: isn
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Okay, so the analogy between the Lord Almighty and Harvard President Derek C. Bok isn't all that precise. But Bok is an important guy. As the head of the oldest and most prestigious university in the country, he is the de facto leader of American higher education. When he talks about the issues facing America's colleges, people listen...
...sense of obligation isn't the only reason Lee should have been allowed more time before his tenure review. Together with Dunwalke Associate Professor Alan Brinkley, Lee teaches about a quarter of those students studying in his department during any given year, freeing colleagues to pursue other interests...
...total three-dimensional experience" but only the fourthbest film at Epcot. In the travelogues of China and France, and in Emil Radok's enthralling documentary about, yes, energy, the imagination is served, not dominated, by the special effects. These films evoke intense feelings for people and ideas. Isn't that what feelies should be all about...
...precedent to use the Army as a police force." Other critics said the amendment would hurt military preparedness and questioned whether soldiers could be properly trained as law enforcers in 30 days. Proponents dismissed such caution. "This is war," declared Mississippi Republican Trent Lott. "If this isn't defending the shores, I don't know what...
...place where the root cause idea does survive is the Middle East. The issue is terrorism, and the argument is familiar: Isn't the best way to fight terror to go after the root causes? Counterterrorism, embargoes, threats and, finally, air raids treat only symptoms. Band-Aids on a wound. (The metaphors mix.) Why not attack the root causes? In the context of the Middle East, that means "solving the Palestinian problem." Accommodation between Israel and the Palestinians. The way out of the nightmare. Jews and Arabs living together in historic Palestine. An end to war. Peace as the cure...