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...Doer award for displaying Walt’s favorite characteristics of curiosity, courage, constancy and confidence. I survived my first “camping” experience in the oddly unnatural nature of Fort Wilderness at 12 and overcame my fear of roller coasters by finally caving into peer pressure and braving Thunder Mountain Railroad. For four years my high school got away with sending my class on “educational” field trips to Epcot. During my senior year, our competitive cheerleading squad placed ninth in the nation at Disney’s Wide World of Sports...
...Mbeki lower the boom on his dictatorial northern counterpart? The answer probably lies in Mbeki's greater plan for African solidarity, as espoused in the New Partnership for Africa's Development drawn up by him and other African leaders from Nigeria, Senegal, Eygpt and Algeria. NEPAD involves a "peer review" process to censure, possibly even intervene in, states that do not practice good governance. But Mbeki is not prepared to take such action unilaterally...
Between the Core Curriculum, the Expository Writing program and a language requirement that some students must meet, Harvard imposes up to 12 general education requirements on its undergraduates—a burden the Pedersen said is far heavier than those placed on students by Harvard’s peer institutions...
...share Levitt's concerns. As a lawyer and lobbyist for the accounting industry for more than 20 years, Pitt led the fight against Levitt's proposals. Now he's pressing for a new industry-funded oversight board. But the current board never flunked an auditor in 25 years of peer reviews. Pitt's proposal "lacks teeth and independence," says Levitt. The Senators may be talking about stricter regulation in televised hearings, but they're not proposing many bills. Will their change of heart last long enough to result in real action...
...acupuncture to treat cocaine abuse, but new research suggests that the procedure--at least when used alone--is no more effective than a placebo. Doctors say further study is needed to measure the efficacy of acupuncture when it is administered in conjunction with other treatments, such as counseling or peer support groups...