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...United States has a moral obligation to help countries whose citizens are in such dire states of poverty and suffering; we should earmark a much larger portion of the federal budget for developmental assistance and direct aid. And our foreign aid should neither be distributed based on a narrow foreign policy agenda, nor should it be directed at corrupt regimes...
...it’s merely a stepping stone on the way to one of two countries that rarely appear near the top of any quality-of-life ranking: Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the long run, he says he’s headed back to Canada. Like a substantial portion of international students at Harvard, he’s eager to get out of the States as soon...
...Ming also represents a worrisome future with respect to China. One of the conditions by which the Chinese government granted Yao permission to emigrate to the U.S. was that he return a portion of his income to his homeland (up to 25 percent by some reports) and that he train and play with the Chinese national team every off-season—not just in Olympic years. This type of control by the PRC on Yao is harmful. For one thing, it means he is playing year-round, which will take a toll on his 7’5 frame...
While data show a 90 percent passing rate on the retest state-wide, only 80 percent of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) students passed the English language arts portion of the test and less than 70 percent passed the math portion, Cambridge Public Schools Director of Development and Assessment Barbara W. Black said...
...final portion of the discussion centered around a climate at Harvard that students and Landry said was often hostile to religion...