Word: mission
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...That's according to the mission statement of the blogger Legofesto, who's amazingly found a way to use LEGO - the stackable, clickable, infinitely malleable children's toys - to tell the story of Guantanamo Bay detainees, prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, British bank instability, and civilian deaths in the Iraq War. Legofesto, a blogger located in the United Kingdom, won't reveal her identity, but her politics are clear. According to the profile on her blog, she's "a politics-junkie and news-hound, with a obsession for lego and other construction toys ... She is very, very pissed...
...present at a brief private meeting with Jackson last week said that the acting Dean was unaware of the impending cafe closure and criticized the lack of transparency in the decision making process regarding layoffs. Student activists have recently disputed the notion that the University’s core mission revolves around its educational mission—a central argument behind the administration’s justification for staff layoffs. Laura M. Binger, a third year law student who said Jackson made that claim during the recent meeting with labor activists, expressed her concern over what she views...
...course, there are those who argue that Harvard’s mission lies in its academic pursuits and that we must therefore accept layoffs as inevitable and eat our Veritas waffles in peace. These people forget that the budget cuts are already hurting the educational mission of the school...
...shoulder, inspire Robin Williams to mimicry and share the screen with Pelé, the Dalai Lama and that most celebrated of amphibians, Kermit. It's odd but charming, a phrase that might also describe the British monarchy for all but convinced republicans. And if the Prince succeeds in his mission to rescue the rain forest, he could even win round a few of them...
...past decade - do a better job of earning that support. "We're wondering why they don't just get out there and deal with these people," Clinton said. "If you lose soldiers trying to retake part of your own country, it seems to me, that's the army's mission." (See pictures of the Taliban's move into Buner...