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Fraga also feels the president is wary of accusations he has ambitions for a life-long term in office: "Kirchner is also launching his wife's candidacy to show that he doesn't have ambitions to hang on to power indefinitely." Nevertheless, Fraga speculates that Mrs. Kirchner's announced candidacy, if successful, could well allow President Kirchner to run for reelection in 2011, when he hopes such criticism will have abated, the Kirchners then succeeding each other in office on a long-term basis. Says Fraga: "Kirchner has made a tactical retreat, but he has not abandoned his objective...
...from June 11 to 16 show that adolescents and seniors, two age groups that have traditionally been urged to shy away from bariatric procedures, can actually benefit from surgical intervention. Another study shows that insurance companies could wind up spending less by approving bariatric surgery when compared to the life-long cost of obesity. And the latest piece of science shows that even though patients lose weight, they still need to be careful around certain indulgences - substances like alcohol have been found to have an even greater effect after surgery...
When Blase E. Ur ’07 logs into Amazon.com, the Web site’s recommendation feature normally offers him a variety of computer programming books and DVDs about snakes. Why? The former Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) President and life-long techie once synthesized footage from “The Miracle of Life” and snake films for a Harvard production—a female character was giving birth to a reptile, and Ur wanted to shoot for verisimilitude. During his time at Harvard, Ur has also built a giant pirate ship, an enchanted forest that...
...Brinton, who are both Mormon—most of them cite secular reasons for not wanting to have sex. Many mention the possibility that sex could hurt the emotional aspects of a college relationship, and others say they believe that sex is meant to be an expression of a life-long commitment, a commitment they are not ready to make...
...process of learning. Learning at one’s cutting edge inherently involves experimentation, fumbling, and mistakes—even failures. This is one reason it is so hard to let go of our perfectionist habits, because overcoming perfectionism means accepting our imperfection, our humanness, our permanent status as life-long learners. It is often the case that perfectionists feel they are valued by others only because of how much they accomplish or achieve. This can make it difficult to appreciate the process as well as the product of one’s efforts, and even more difficult to determine...