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...Core Curriculum courses and finish their concentration requirements, all while every good class seems to meet at the same time in the spring term (has anyone else noticed that it’s hard to find any good classes in the fall but that it is a struggle to pick between them in the spring?), they are compelled to take classes that are uninteresting, poorly taught, full of busy work, or some combination thereof. Even in the midst of all this misery, many dream of pursuing a secondary field, an attractive complement to their primary area of expertise...
...growth also inevitably mean risks to [social] stability," says Patrick Horgan, China managing director for Washington, D.C.-based consultants APCO Worldwide. "On a big scale like this, it's no longer just about the weather but about the ability of the government to govern." And if you had to pick one area of the economy that scares the authorities in China the most it would have to be inflation, which hits citizens where it hurts most - in the wallet. The country's consumer price index hit an 11-year high of 6.5% in October due largely to rising food...
John McCain is too pro-immigration for these latter-day Perotistas. And Mitt Romney is too hedge fund. If either of them won the Republican nomination, a souped-up Perot could win over downscale Republicans who like Mike Huckabee's anti-corporate populism. And he might pick up a few John Edwards supporters as well?white male union types who think Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are too pro-immigration...
Real men cry. Not at movies or weddings but at important stuff: a shocking playoff upset, the cruelty of a blind referee, a perfectly executed pick-and-roll. This is the secret behind the NBA's "Where Amazing Happens" ad campaign, which sets still frames of basketball stars to a slowly building piano piece called EVERYDAY by Carly Comando. If fans are fish and the NBA is a barrel, Everyday is the bullet. The song was originally composed as the sound track for a viral video in which photographer Noah Kalina cut together pictures of himself taken in an identical...
...five guys coming back a year older, a year more mature, and three seniors who really know what it takes to win,” he said. “Our younger guys are some of the most talented guys we’ve seen. If we had our pick of who we’d want out of the entire league, our guys would be our top picks, no doubt...