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...root-of-all-evil premise in a way that suits an economy in which there's plenty of anxiety for everyone. The dirty secret in most rich-people soaps is corruption. In The O.C., it's insecurity--from the next-door neighbor, who has defrauded his investment clients to maintain his family's lifestyle, to the Cohens' charming but nerdy son Seth, who is proof that money doesn't equal social acceptance. Creator Josh Schwartz says the show "wasn't an attempt to cash in on the political zeitgeist," but, he adds, "there is also a sense in the country...
Image-conscious schools to this day want to maintain the image of the “Ivory Tower” as a safe haven and will do anything to keep their campus crime records secret. The contention of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) that they are not a public agency is just another pathetic excuse to perpetuate this illusion. Students and other members of the Harvard campus community deserve no less information about crime than other citizens receive in their hometowns...
...while efforts to offer social opportunities to female students are certainly a start, unless the existing clubs change their “no girls allowed” policy, Harvard will forever maintain its perverted social structure in which female students who choose to socialize in final clubs are restricted to a perpetual guest status. They are dependent upon the male members for admittance to the clubs, and once inside, the social dynamic is utterly insulting. The female guests are there at the behest of their male classmates, and they are strictly confined to the rooms that members deem them...
...White House and 10 Downing Street. Just this week, polls find President Bush's domestic approval ratings at an all-time low of 49 percent, while his administration faces increasing difficulty in convincing his electorate and legislature to underwrite his commitments of American life and treasure to maintain the current Iraq occupation. Blair's situation is a lot worse, with new polls finding his approval rating at 32 percent, while only 30 percent of British voters deem him "trustworthy...
Slightly messy and combed forward, this retro-coif gives this fashion rebel a cause. Heat-activated Aveda Control Paste makes this style easy to maintain...