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...nowhere near as present in my country. We welcome around 100 foreign exchange students every semester at my college, but they don’t actually go to school with us; rather, they attend separate classes. Once the semester is over, even if they leave with a really nice experience, and maybe some friends, I don’t think their experiences in Brazil quite compare to mine in Cambridge. As my summer there went by, I started noticing all the differences between my country and upbringing and those of my new friends...
...drive in the carpool lane without a passenger the day you give blood. You could save every child in Haiti, and you would still have to feed the parking meter. And yet we could not thank Prius owners enough for their sacrifice in driving a really nice car that costs less to fill up. If Mel Gibson had been in a Prius, the cops would have set up a motorcade for him to weave behind and yell out his window about the Jews...
...city could recoup its investment if the developer sells enough million-dollar condos to Vancouver residents after the Olympics are over. That may have been a reasonable expectation in the real estate go-go days. Yes, the digs are nice, and the development has won kudos from environmentalists for the energy-efficient design of the complex, which has green roofs and will reuse rainwater, and for its easy access to public transportation. Metro Vancouver housing prices have rebounded from the worst recession lulls - year-over-year condo prices were up 15% in January - but it's still not the best...
...competition was a bit stronger today,” Farrar said. “[They’re] older, experienced, a masters team including one Harvard grad, so that was nice to win that...
...incessant pace of combat operations and the constant threat of violence, Private First Class Steven Green was reacting particularly badly. The day Nelson and Casica died, he had snapped. That was the when he gave up even pretending to support any notion of peace-keeping, society-building, or being nice to Iraqis. From then on out, all he cared about was killing them...