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The Palin Mystique Michael Weisskopf and Nathan Thornburgh's "Pipeline to Nowhere?" enlightened me on several levels [Oct. 13]. First, although paying her constituency understandably enhances Sarah Palin's popularity, it chafes me a bit. Doesn't Alaska belong to all of us? Why should part of the price I...
Al-Dabbagh is certain these hurdles won't stand in the way of investors in the new cities. They will, he says, be "new pockets of competitiveness," like economic greenhouses for businesses. In the desert, that's the only way to make things grow.
Many of Cannon's friends and relatives work in construction. When times were booming, people had cash in their pockets and could afford to vote on issues other than dollars and cents. Now that families are struggling, ideology feels like a luxury - at least, that's the way Cannon described...
I don’t like jeans. Call me unpatriotic, but when Levi Strauss invented the blue jean, I don’t think comfort was at the front of his mind. Being a history concentrator, I’m going to bring some historical perspective into this. When Straus...
Universities with deep pockets, however, could stand to reap some benefits from the downturn. Schools with enough financial security - from a solid endowment or good planning or both - could attract more top students by offering more aid to families that find their budgets stretched thin. Last year, Grinnell expanded its...