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What the film, which was written largely in cries, whispers and expletives by Ken Nolan and Steven Zaillian, stresses instead is the sheer anarchy of war: bloody, terrifying, tragic and meaningless except as a test of a fighting man's virtue. Like every other great war movie, Black Hawk Down succeeds because it becomes, almost unintentionally, an antiwar movie--or at least one that can be read that way by anyone so inclined--a relentless catalog of the many absurd and accidental ways you can die when you are ordered into harm...
...bill also gives states the crucial task of defining "proficiency": what score do students need to pass the tests? If the bar is set too low, the legislation will be meaningless. But there's also a risk in demanding too much. Warns Dan Koretz, a Harvard education professor who specializes in high-stakes assessments: "If the bar is set too high, it becomes impossible to meet by legitimate ends. There will be enormous pressure to take short cuts. You'll see a dangerous over-emphasis on test preparation and cheating...
...economic shortfalls mean the Russians cannot build their own missile defense shield, leaving the country without recourse once the U.S. withdrawal is complete. Both the U.S. and Russia currently have about 6,000 long-range ballistic missiles fitted with nuclear warheads - and the Russian stockpile would be virtually meaningless once a shield was in place. This is assuming the shield works, of course, and that?s far from a foregone conclusion; the project is gargantuan, and hinges on technology that remains largely untested and unproved...
Wouldn’t March Madness be so much more captivating if, after the conclusion of the conference tournaments, two teams were chosen to face off for the national title? The rest of the 62 teams could be paired off to play in variations of the meaningless “GalleryFurniture.com Bowl.” Now that is excitement...
Above all, remember that companies that do nothing of value must obscure that fact by hiring the best people to appear dynamic and innovative while doing such meaningless work. As such, you ignore recruiting Harvard students at your peril. Recruiting Harvard students is a long-standing tradition at your firms (dating back at least to the mid ’80s), it is the only thing you do well (see above), and it is the only thing that will keep your firms from capsizing in this stormy economic climate. So, if you want me, you’re going...