Word: pinches
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...uniformed police may explain why. "I've never felt more secure," assures Conticello. What do the average Moroccans think of this influx from Europe? Most seem to view it as positive. But will that last? One consequence of the hot real estate market has been an inner-city housing pinch that is forcing a growing number of Moroccans out of town. Members of an expanding middle class longing to be homeowners themselves must often move up to 30 km from cities to find affordable housing. "There's some resentment over people being squeezed out," says Belmaheb, who has bought...
...courses thrive under the instruction of untenured lecturers, if they stick around. The Chinese program’s first-year preceptor Min Chen garnered CUE ratings of 4.7 and 4.8, but she will be plying her craft at Yale this year. And longtime economics teaching fellow Bruce Watson, who pinch-hit in 2002 for a seriously underprepared lecturer, continues to teach introductory economics at the Extension School, but not the College. One hears countless tales of the best mathematics, foreign language, and expository writing preceptors leaving Harvard for lack of job security or benefits, and countless more tales...
...world premiere of Death of a President, a sober fakeumentary from Britain's Channel 4 that imagines the assassination of the current President Bush in Chicago on Oct. 19, 2007, and depicts it in footage so persuasive that some viewers may need to give themselves a reality-check pinch...
...then ran off with a laptop and jewelry. Ngugi thinks the attack was politically motivated, the work of Moi supporters who believe Wizard of the Crow's despicable despot is based on the former President. (In fact, he's a mix of infamous dictators: a touch of Moi, a pinch of Mobutu, a dash of Pinochet.) The men were eventually caught, and now Ngugi only goes back to attend their trial. Yet he still hopes to move back one day. He's comforted by the support of his fellow Kenyans. "They come up close to us on the street...
...ballet lessons, or early-reading classes to prepare for school. Then, many struggle with waiting lists to get their kids into elite prep schools a la Eton. Soon the time will come for standardization in the quest for the elusive Ithaca: elite colleges. To the application recipe, add a pinch of both “productive” extracurriculars and “useful” summers. Always remember the secret ingredient: “It should look good on paper...