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That being said, while we laud the idea of a service day, we also encourage students to recognize that meaningful community service is best realized through long-term commitments to the people and areas being served. One-day events can provide much needed assistance to ongoing projects or yield small independent accomplishments, but truly effecting change only occurs when students take the time to establish trusting relationships with those in need of assistance. In this respect, we hope the day encourages students to make a regular, once-a-week--as opposed to a once-a-year--commitment to service...
Careening with him on this emotional ride are the four top aides who joined McCain for his one-day Arizona break last week. Unlike traditional campaigns, in which those in power stay behind at HQ, McCain's brain trust surrounds him on the road, huddling with the candidate in the galley of the bus or sprawling over the beds and sofas of his hotel suites to chart strategy. As McCain brought each of them into the campaign, he made one thing clear: "We're going to have fun." And they do, partly because they have convinced themselves that they...
...further rankled Times journalists, already reeling from editorial cutbacks, when she called the newsroom a "velvet coffin," implying that more deadwood needed to be eliminated. When several editors were later chastised for letting Chandler's note be read to the open newsroom, some Times journalists talked of staging a one-day byline strike. "Downing is public enemy No. 1," said a reporter. "There's a bloodlust in the newsroom." Which probably means there will be more juicy headlines about the unsettled Times...
...one-day event, the variety of workshops was pretty good. The different workshops really opened my eyes to Taiwanese culture and diversity," La said...
History and memory are powerful forces in a market that has suffered through a trendless, choppy five-month period. With no conviction about its current direction, many traders always pause to remember the two one-day 500-point declines, both of which took place in October. Even Fed chief Alan Greenspan got into the October-scare game last week, talking about how stocks might be too risky. Of course, he immediately said they might not be. But he referenced the Dutch Tulip Bulb craze, and that sent the market into still another October tizzy. It finished the week down...