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...summit called together 400 leaders in the medical, corporate and public-policy fields to unravel how Americans got themselves into such a fix and how to get out of it. Last week the American Diabetes Association named Naughton, along with childhood nutritionist Christina Economos and professor of nutrition Miriam Nelson, its Women of Valor for 2005. Said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: "Eileen sets very high standards for herself and everyone around her and is not afraid to do things differently...
...enroll in first grade annually. In this system, losing a biochemical engineer is a huge blow to the economy. Developing nations need to soften this effect by setting up vocational training institutes teaching modern skills such as computer programming, accounting, and hardware maintenance so as to harness this workforce. Nelson Mandela’s proposal of setting up AU-run regional universities all over Africa would do this and more. The universities would be an avenue by which expatriates could contribute, either by teaching there or by funding them. Furthermore, the colleges will be hubs for teaching and research...
Second baseman Brendan Byrne took the field in left, while Matt Vance started at short for the second day in a row. Seniors Rob Wheeler and Jeff Friedman played first and center, respectively, as freshman Griff Jenkins and sophomore Rob Nelson both received long-awaited starts at second and third...
...uproar is also, partly, about pride. No one likes to be labeled failing. Teachers "are focused on making sure that their school doesn't make the watch list ... so that their communities aren't shamed," says Linda Nelson, president of the Iowa State Education Association...
Reaching out to other students is easier for the faithful who live in regular campus housing. Senior Kathryn Nelson, 22, a Crusade member from Milford, Ohio, recalls how she invited the atheist girl across the hall in her old dorm to join her at Bible study and would talk with the Jewish girl two doors down about faith. Now that she shares a house with nine other Christians, she has lost such casual, everyday interactions. "When you're living with people who aren't Christians, your ministry is right in front of your face," she says...