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...significant demographic of highly motivated students and leaders that the College would be remiss to exclude. Space constraints have always been one of the most limiting factors in admissions, for both freshmen and transfer applicants, and we realize that the current issues are of pressing concern. However, if a mere 40 transfer applicants were accepted and spread out across all 12 houses, the additional space constraints per house would be minimal. Furthermore, alternate solutions like using temporary or grad dorm housing, cutting the size of the incoming freshmen class, or reopening housing in places such as Massachusetts Hall, could have...
...national authority" to rescue Zimbabwe from 80% unemployment and an annual inflation rate of more than 100,000% - symptoms of an economic collapse that has prompted as much as one quarter of the 13 million population to leave the country. But what, and whom, Makoni stands for are mere details; the most significant fact is that he is running against Mugabe...
...over, feed, cart around, educate and house from birth to the age of 18. This amounts to a tenfold increase in less than 50 years. According to the USDA, child-rearing costs have soared since the department began its annual study in 1960, when raising a kid cost a mere...
...contempt of the world [March 17]. We incarcerate a larger percentage of the population than any other nation, and the government puts away harmless souls under the guise of fighting its two "wars" on terrorism and drugs. It's a tragic irony that freedom is now a mere buzzword in a land once regarded by many as a beacon to the world. Gordon Wilson, Laguna Niguel, Calif...
Perhaps the temptation to declaim on such a grand stage is too much to resist. And because the Olympics have become a sort of debutante ball for nations entering the global élite, governments must ask whether mere attendance confers a stamp of approval on the host. The boycott logic is easy enough to follow...