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...University Docket committee dismissed his grievance, however, calling it “clearly without merit,” and Berkowitz filed suit shortly thereafter...
...excessive "conditionality" - dozens of requirements imposed on countries as a condition for their receiving assistance. In the East Asia crisis, countries in desperate need of funds had to acquiesce to conditions that had nothing to do with the crisis and which, in some cases, were of dubious economic merit. While in the U.S., the Federal Reserve focuses on inflation, growth and employment, the IMF insisted that Korea focus exclusively on inflation - even though Korea did not have an inflation problem (unemployment was a more pressing concern). Conditionality not only undermined democratic processes, but the huge number of conditions made...
Thinning also seems of dubious merit in many mixed-severity fire regimes, except as a protective measure around the perimeter of communities. Consider, for example, the Biscuit fire that hopped and skipped across 500,000 acres in southern Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest last year. Slightly more than 15% of this rugged, geologically complex region was so seriously burned that virtually all the trees died. Around 65%, however, experienced fires of light and moderate severity, while some 20% escaped unscathed. Seed from areas where vegetation survived is already drifting into areas where vegetation was lost, and many important species--knobcone...
...prestigious school or job. Although I'm sure my race improved my odds of being admitted to Yale and hired at TIME, I don't carry around the "stigma" that Justice Clarence Thomas claims all blacks do because of affirmative action, wondering if they received a benefit based on merit or race. For me, the question has never been "Do I belong?" but rather "Since I'm here in part to contribute diversity, how do I do that?" O'Connor's diversity rationale doesn't just pressure colleges to admit more minority students. It gives me and other underrepresented minority...
Having studied Spanish in high school and college, I jumped at the opportunity to spend my summer interning at a bank in Madrid. I would hone my Spanish—speaking skills (and actually merit that foreign language citation), learn more about the business world and travel for seven weeks in a country I had never visited. Today may be Independence Day, but this would be my independence summer. And while I have so far enjoyed every moment of my adventures here in Madrid—from making Spanish friends at the dorm where I live, to walking through...