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...face it: the biographical entry is just about the only place where things like academic achievements really matter, adding to the celebrity’s mystique. Mira Sorvino won a Hoopes prize for her thesis and she became a movie star and won an Oscar. Meanwhile, I languish in obscurity. Where’s the justice in that...
...turned less on national politics than simple economics. In exchange for releasing their imposing center, the Shanghai Sharks wanted an estimated 30% of Yao's salary and a good chunk of his endorsements, which could eventually reach $100 million over four years. No deal was reached. Now, Yao will languish another year in the Chinese basketball league, where middling competition could blunt his budding talents. Says a source close to the failed talks: "Greed killed Yao's hopes...
...time to put the spy plane issue behind them before President Bush is due to visit China in the fall. Chinese leaders are anxious to see the Bush administration move from campaign rhetoric to realpolitik, allowing both sides to break the impasse in the relationship rather than letting it languish. Because Beijing is entering a very complicated transition period, in which its leaders are going to find it hard to take bold decisions or major risk. And, of course, the weaker they feel, the more defensive and hostile they?re likely to be towards Washington...
...these achievements, the last 30 years have seen a paucity of achievements in space exploration. As Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has said, “History will remember the inhabitants of the last century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the Moon in 66 years, only to languish for the next 30 in low Earth orbit.” This slowdown can be attributed to the fact that NASA’s funding has been cut repeatedly, and ambitious programs have been scrapped for more cost-effective and passive endeavors...
...adoption the answer? As a school social worker who deals with the results of our foster-care system, my response is an unequivocal yes. No child should languish in foster care year after year while parents try to get their act together. You emphasized the abuses that take place in foster homes, but many more occur in the child's own family. The whole system needs a major overhaul. And while the issue is debated, children are growing up feeling unwanted and unloved. Foster care is not the answer. Adoption is. LINDA L. GENTILE East Longmeadow, Mass...