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...predicted Rank Listings to a large extent inaccurate, but these Listings would become even less meaningful as the academic caliber of the College increased. Besides, limiting admission of students to those with the highest Predicted Rank List of Groups I or II, would discriminate against students from the poorer secondary schools, thus greatly decreasing the geographic and social distribution of the College...
These people give Pisani powerful evidence that we must first accept an obvious truth: HIV is not spread by poverty or underdevelopment, as aid workers sometimes suggest, but by the specific - usually avoidable - actions of human beings. Mali is poorer than South Africa, and Bangladesh is poorer than Kenya; yet Mali and Bangladesh have low HIV rates. Fighting AIDS through poverty alleviation has so far had little impact on disease spread, Pisani argues. But targeted distribution of condoms and needles to sex workers and addicts, she says, has been proved to save lives and prevent epidemics at low cost...
...drama on the Greek island suggests that police round-ups, public ire and poor living conditions aren't about to deter people fleeing their poorer, troubled homelands. Asked why children are sent off alone from their home countries, Ioannou paused, and said: "They come for their lives...
...We’re doing a lot,” she said. “It’s an issue about which we’ve been concerned for quite some time.” Donahue noted that financial constraints provide an educational disincentive for poorer students. “Not only are mostly lower-income students falling out of the educational pipeline,” Donahue said, “but many are not even graduating from high school.” Accordingly, Harvard said it recognizes its role in reversing the trend...
...palpable good that Wright has done his community, his parishioners have paid a subtle price, especially the younger, poorer, less educated ones. When he spreads canards like the one about the AIDS conspiracy, he is telling them that white power is so overwhelming that it's almost impossible to succeed. The success of Obama's candidacy sends the very opposite message, which may be why Wright is so threatened by it. If Obama wins the presidency-if we can break past the barrier of race-there won't be much of a market for oppression-thumping orators like Jeremiah Wright...