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...victory speech, Huckabee came close to gloating about his victory over the doubters, who have said for months that he could not win with such an ill-funded operation. "People really are more important than the purse, and what a great lesson for America to learn," he told the cheering crowd. "Tonight I hope we will forever change how Americans look at their political system...
...drink a toast to your selection of Putin. You provided an accurate perspective that is a must-read. We need to know more about people such as Putin and runner-up Hu Jintao, since Russia and China will be our most formidable partners in the 21st century. We must learn to be equals, to develop a healthy respect for them and be respected by them. Robert Schieck, Antioch...
...takes truly magical thinking to imagine we will keep resolutions that experience suggests are impossible: to live greener, fit into a size 4, learn Chinese. One study found that nearly a quarter of us lapse within a week, the vast majority before the year is out. Since human frailty is a law of nature, states are compensating with some rules of their own--what are laws if not expectations carved in stone? As of the New Year, you can no longer text-message while driving in Washington State. North Carolina bar owners have to recycle their bottles, and politicians have...
...role as Miss Iowa that, Haugland says, helped prepare her for dealing with the media. "Before I was crowned, I was actually nervous and uncomfortable with being in front of people," she says. "But after you're forced to do that for an entire year ... you learn to become comfortable with yourself...
...American Studies Department. In 2002, an attempted coalition between these groups fell apart because of tensions between ethnic-specific goals and the goal of ethnic studies in general. Given the failure of individual groups in the last two decades to make headway by themselves, it would be wise to learn from past experiences. Mutual distrust and suspicion only serve to undermine ultimately complementary and inclusive objectives. N. Kathy Lin ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. Her column appears regularly...