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...Another shortcoming of such a mode of Holocaust education is its narrow scope. Children are all too likely to become embroiled in the personal horror of the individual they are studying and thus miss the horror of the Holocaust as a whole. Even the horror of the Holocaust as a whole does not properly illustrate the horror of war crimes and genocide as a whole. The French government’s demons are far too numerous to be exorcised with education about the Holocaust alone. The French government has committed atrocities equal in scope and destruction in its bloody history...
...really worried that people would go for Obama," Perdue said. "He had won all those other states, and people like to support a winner." Hope returned over the last few days, however. Clinton seems energized and personable in her campaign appearances, Perdue said, and she has retained a narrow but stable lead in the polls. "I really think she's going to pull this one out," Perdue said...
...Harvard reached the playoff through a strong showing in Saturday’s games—an 8-7 win in the first round versus George Washington was followed up by a narrow 12-9 loss to second-seeded Marist...
...paying anywhere from $200,000 to $5 million, depending on size and location. Typically, prices run about 20% cheaper per acre than traditional waterfront properties in the same locale--a discount reflecting the extra hassle it takes to get to one--but that gap is starting to narrow as demand rises...
...destruction is total. At the eruption's epicenter - known to workers at the site as the Big Hole - a 100-ft. (30 m) plume of white smoke billows into the sky, obscuring the sun and spreading the sulfurous odor of rotting eggs. On a narrow causeway leading to the caldera, dozens of trucks idle in a queue, waiting to deliver soil for the massive earthworks meant to contain the mud. Already, they have transported more than 88 million cu. ft. (2.5 million cu m) of dirt to build eight miles (13 km) of levees around the site. Dozens of cranes...