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...creating the French Quarter. It will involve nurturing back to health the genuine and distinctive neighborhoods that serve as an incubator for the city's music and food and funkiness. A friend of mine, Stephanie Bruno, has run an organization that restores old shotgun cottages, the long and narrow houses built of old barge planks that dominate in the older areas. A New Orleans rebuilt with tract homes rather than shotguns would no longer have the same soul...
...Rather than seeing himself as inherently aligned with the West, Putin is willing to challenge the U.S. on issues ranging from Iran to Hamas. Nor is Russia's reluctance to support the U.S.-European strategy of threatening sanctions against Iran simply a byproduct of narrow concerns over its own investments there. Instead, it reflects a view that U.S. influence is inimical to Moscow's own interests, particularly in the former Soviet states. Curbing that influence has become a goal in and of itself - though aligning with Iran, another powerful oil producer, substantially increases Russia's potential influence, particularly in Asia...
...water could have damaged their kidneys, while the cramped conditions may have caused potentially life-threatening pressure sores. But the men were sustained by water of doubtful quality that was trickling down the rocks, and had just enough room to stretch their legs, though not to stand. Rescuers used narrow piping to deliver clean water, protein drinks, vitamin tablets, clothes and lighting. As the task of drilling an escape tunnel through quartzite rock dragged on, they dispatched distractions such as magazines and music players. The miners bore injuries thought to amount to stiffness and minor cuts...
...There is a fine line between a healthy love of country?which is 'patriotism'?and narrow-minded 'nationalism' that breeds hatred." TARO ASO, Japan's Foreign Minister, in a speech in the U.S. urging Asian governments to keep rising nationalist sentiments in check...
...requirements for a course to satisfy a Core requirement is that the course have midterm and final examinations. This allows students to be evaluated on the full scope of the course, rather than allowing them to complete a course’s requirements through a final paper that is narrow in scope, as is the case in many departmental courses. Core credit should only be awarded retroactively if the course previously had these mechanisms. When the CSC approves a new course (and perhaps mandates structural changes to the course), it should evaluate the course’s previous syllabi...