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Anyone campaigning for optimism runs the risk of sounding like Ronald Reagan in his famous fable of the Christmas pony in the manure pile. A person must have access to optimism - not often an available grace in areas of great poverty and disease (the African AIDS belt, for example). And it depends what the object of your optimism is. An optimist who hopes to start a flourishing small business is different from an optimist who hopes to blow himself to heaven by driving a car bomb into the Great Satan's military barracks...
...asked for one pile of stuff and they gave us another pile of stuff," he said. "Its really good the stuff that they gave us--it's going to make hundreds of workers' lives better--but the issue of low-wage labor will still be a major issue on campus...
...probably be traced in part to the Census Bureau's aggressive, targeted advertising campaigns, as well as to grassroots encouragement to "get out there and be counted" or risk losing government spending. The Times reports that census officials are breathing a sigh of relief as the completed forms pile up; despite concerted and expensive efforts to increase returns, controversy over the questionnaire's so-called "invasive" nature had sparked concerns that this year's return rate would plummet. It's a welcome sign that ill-conceived paranoia is not strong enough to overwhelm even a long-dormant sense of civic...
What's a good metaphor for a Harvard student? A talking, gold-plated pile of manure, wearing a fleece. What joke should you put in your Ivy Oration (the funny one on class day) tryout speech if you want it to bomb like Osama Bin Laden? See above...
Over a month after placing 28th at the national tournament and bringing home two All-Americans, the honors for the Harvard wrestling team continue to pile up. Four Crimson grapplers, more than any other team in the Ivy League or EIWA conference, were awarded Academic All-American honors for their achievements both on and off the mats...