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...introductory note for Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote, “Appalachia never leaves us.” While the Appalachian region refers to the mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia, the values have no borders; they stay with the people, not necessarily with the land...
...same day on which he took office. Reagan's next 99 days were a bit more subdued, but they still featured $41.4 billion in proposed budget cuts, large tax breaks, the formation of an oversight council to combat government corruption and a dramatic assassination attempt. When John Hinckley Jr. shot Reagan on March 30, 1981, the President's approval rating jumped as high as 68%, but by the 100-day mark, it had settled back down to about 51%. (Jimmy Carter had clocked in at 64% four years earlier...
...None of the extravagance, it should be noted, is extraordinary at Condé Nast or other glossies. While ex-staffers say Lipman's background in newspapers afforded her little understanding of how much high-end magazine journalism costs, Condé Nast chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. stuck by her a month past the April issue, which at 106 pages was reputed to be the thinnest his company had ever published. The magazine relied on advertisers from the finance, corporate-branding, car, travel and luxury-goods industries, all hard hit in this recession, and it never became a must...
...Harvard colleagues, some of whom have served with him both at the Kennedy School and in Washington for decades. “[Campbell] has been a thoughtful, reflective student of Asia for two decades,” wrote Belfer Center Director and Kennedy School Professor Graham T. Allison Jr. in an e-mail on Saturday. Allison, who originally hired Campbell as an assistant professor at the Kennedy School, has known Campbell for 20 years. His sentiments were echoed by Professor Ashton B. Carter, a Belfer Center member who has also known Campbell for two decades and was confirmed...
What do you think is the best argument going forward to support stem-cell research? Brad Kohn Jr. ISSAQUAH, WASH...