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...packed up to return to Cambridge this September, the prospect of these first impressions coincided with the image of my next-door neighbor’s house, the exterior of which is notoriously run-down. The more I thought about these two things, the more I resolved to keep that image in my mind this fall. My neighbor’s house illuminates an important aspect of first impressions: our opinion of others tends to rest heavily on how well these people seem to match their surroundings...
...hazardous material was illegally put on a plane run by Emery Airlines, a cargo airline that went out of business in 2001 (A plea agreement in the matter has been reached with the Justice Department). Though Ashcroft may not explicitly link hazmat and terrorists, aviation specialists say the frightening prospect is that terrorists will get their hands on hazmat and try and to get it on cargo planes...
Most who attended last night’s meeting said they were optimistic at the prospect of change for the city’s ailing school system...
...control of the Empire. Nor can we contemplate the Greeks trading overmuch with the Parthians. We may be at peace with the Parthians now, but they are a looming presence in the East, and, one day, might do more than trade with the Greeks. Compared to such a prospect, the Punic Wars would be like a day at the Games...
...agreeing with her. Their anti-euro sentiment is shared by many in the U.K. Two key factors drive that opposition, and prevent Tony Blair from calling a referendum: the torpid pace of economic growth in the euro zone, predicted this year to reach just 0.4%, and the prospect of ceding even more power to Brussels. Neither Sweden nor the U.K. are hurting because they kept their own coins; indeed, both are growing more than the euro zone. But the euro isn't to blame for Continental stagnation; the parlous finances and lack of reform in Germany, France and Italy...