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This Australian Labor M.P. is a rare bird. Plenty of pols write books; only some are deep thinkers, fewer still are prepared to serve up ideas that go against party doctrine. An economist with big dreams, Emerson ranges widely and passion-ately from health to education, infrastructure to population policy, tax to trade. He proposes a universal payment to mothers of children aged under three, equity (rather than debt) funding of students in higher education, and a revival of economic activity in the regions. Many have spoken of the nation's complacency; its obsession with material wealth and comfort...
...something to change the world. By that I mean eliminating poverty.9. But Not Too High.On the same thread:Prison.10. No, But Really: Aim High.Same thread:I hope in 10 years to be very, very angry. And by that I mean to still possess the anger I have now- the passion for social justice...Maybe it’s just a youthful dream, but we are all one world. There is no point in winning the whole world at the cost of your soul. Our only legacy is the good we end up doing, an idea I truly believe and hope...
...original French and directed on the Loeb Mainstage. He hopes to continue acting, writing, and directing professionally. Hailing from just outside of Cleveland, Ohio—or, as he jokingly puts it, the “arts epicenter of the world”—Burkle found his passion for creative work at an early age, experimenting with various visual arts. Discovered in fifth grade by a teacher who, intrigued by his acting potential, shifted him into another class so he would eligible for a school play, he was bitten by the stage bug early. He actively participated...
...successful at.” And in response to the question of how to achieve that success, Cloud takes a line from Martha Graham as her mantra: “Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion...
...countries in the world." After the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Ainslie took a job as a high school teacher in the navy village of Simon's Town. There he met Golden Mgedeza and Solomon Dipeere, both teenage naval cadets from Kwa Thema township outside Johannesburg. Ainslie nurtured their passion for sailing, and offered free lessons to other poor black and mixed-race kids in the surrounding townships. Burricks was one of the keenest. "We had to chase him away to get him to do some schoolwork during exams," Ainslie recalls. For Burricks, sailing provided an escape from the violence of township...