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...asks the age-old question: “What is a ‘living wage,’ anyway?” “We are...building on the ideas and best practices of each of the Schools.” Here, the narrator makes a veiled plea for the Divinity school to start praying. Questions and Potential Essay Topics 1. Drew continually vacillates between alarming and reassuring the reader. Is she hiding something? 2. Who is this “Allston,” and why do We address her so briefly? 3. If Harvard lost half...
...check. But gay people in Los Angeles and San Francisco cajoled and shamed their Eastern friends into opening their wallets. Thousands of California gay couples got married in the past few weeks, and I didn't see a single invitation to a gay ceremony that didn't include a plea to donate to the pro-equality campaign in lieu of buying wedding gifts...
...lost for Omar, who has declared himself an "ambassador of peace." Although, as the press here predicted, his plea was rejected, he does has multiple opportunities for appeal. And even if that fails, he may still get what Spanish newspaper El País suggests he is truly after. Not the villa in Marbella, perhaps, but at least publicity for a forthcoming book on his relationship with...
...Obviously, Silverman intended her ad to be funny, but her plea is quite serious. Now more than ever, even Jews who support—and will vote for—Obama and the Democrats, have taken extra impetus to do so, not just because of Obama’s Muslim-sounding name. According to a 2008 annual survey by the American Jewish Committee, Obama has 57 percent of the American Jewish vote , the lowest Jewish support for a Democratic candidate since Carter’s feeble 45 percent in 1980 against Republican challenger Ronald Reagan. And by ignoring the fundamental...
Peter Cai came down three floors of stairs to sit on my floor. He was responding to my Facebook message, a plea sent after I spent much time searching for who might be able to help me with my first Math 21a problem set. Peter was the lucky one who was both in the class and my freshman dorm, Weld. Here, we first...