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...have seen me around town, I’m sure you’ve noticed me wearing my "Harvard Mom" sweatshirt and hat, and sipping out of my "Harvard Mom" mug. Needless to say, we are quite proud of our twins, Ashley and Jessica, who are now enjoying their first years at Harvard University. Ashley is really adjusting very well. Unfortunately, Harvard’s grading system is such that she cannot maintain her lifetime 4.5 GPA, but she’s slowly getting over that. Boy, are we proud of Ashley?...
...Chertoff defends even aspects of the ATS data collection that might be deemed trivial and a needless invasion of privacy. In certain cases, for example, the U.S. can obtain the meal preferences of a passenger. Chertoff points out that such cases require special high-level approval from both the U.S. and international law enforcement authorities. The point, says Chertoff, is to use all the tools we have to act before the terrorist do. "If we sit back and just rely on a list of names, we will likely miss something. And we do not want to be in that position...
...Needless to say, NBC is by no means the first outlet to alter their official nomenclature. According to Editor & Publisher writer, Anna Crane, the Los Angeles Times was amongst the first media outlets to shed the qualifiers and label the fighting directly as a civil war. Other organizations have since fallen into line. The Christian Science Monitor likes “deepening civil war,” while Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria is pretty direct: “We’re in the middle of a civil war and are being shot at by both sides...
...summer break, so I waited. Earlier in the fall, I made overtures (not explicit) to ask her out earlier this year, but she always replied with “I’m busy this weekend, maybe next.” She now has a boyfriend who goes here. Needless to say, finding out about that kind of broke my heart. As it stands now, I’m happy as long as she’s happy, but there’s a part of me that hopes that someday I might have a chance. Here?...
...example, or act out scenes from sentimental films like Now, Voyager or Brief Encounter. French is taught by having some of the lads act out an encounter between a prostitute and her client. And Hector is not above bopping an inattentive or disruptive student with a sheaf of papers. Needless to say, the kids respond to him with forbearance for his oddities and affection for his merry humanism...