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Sifting through the list of 700-plus terms that contain "love poems" reveals some interesting trends. As we see with term "teenage love poem," above, lack of originality begins early, with teens appearing to be the prime culprits in word-stealing (though a less cynical man might hope that literary-minded young lovers just want to quote Elizabeth Barrett Browning to their sweethearts). Other teen love poem searches include: "love poems for MySpace," and "emo love poems" (referring to "emotional hardcore," a variant of punk rock), like these lines in the aptly named poem "ugh" submitted by a user...
...Nolan ’80 saw the proposal differently. “[Teachers and principals] are already totally overwhelmed,” she said. “Obviously $5,000 doesn’t buy a whole curriculum.” Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons criticized the lack of spending flexibility in the budget plan presented by Fowler-Finn. The proposed budget would cut almost $3 million, according to Fowler-Finn. “I don’t want to have a zero balance budget,” she said. “I almost want...
...Brush and Baer-Kahn met in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they went to college together. There, they said, they found a vibrant culture of coffee shops where they enjoyed studying. But here in Cambridge, Baer-Kahn said, they found a “lack of that culture...
Feminist proponents of the ban argue that without it, social pressure from family and peers would force women to wear headscarves. This idea implies that women can be liberated only by restricting their freedom. It demonstrates a lack of respect for the autonomy of women and their ability to make their own decisions. If Turkey wants to promote women’s autonomy, it should do so directly, particularly by protecting women who choose to wear or not wear the headscarf from discrimination and retaliation...
...Overnight, everyone knew his name: Google searches for Kerviel exploded, as did news stories, and columns in the Financial Times. Everyone was covering the most spectacular rogue trader in financial history. Yet there is something even more surprising than the lack of controls that allowed for Kerviel’s scheme to work under the radar for over a year: the public’s reaction to the debacle...