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...Yuli Rudyak, a visiting lecturer on gauge theory and topology, attempt to prove that given: the quality of wine is excellent, the result should be a sampling on FM’s part. But alas, FM declines, as the afternoon is simply too young...
...indicator of alignment with the sprawled-on-a-bed, lolling-on-a-futon, singing-along-with-KISS108 studying style. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I would argue (in an admittedly self-justifying vein) that the sight of other people working hard can indeed prove the ultimate de-motivator, robbing us of the ability to feel sorry for ourselves and wallow in the self-induced misery of serial procrastination. The solitary all-nighter-as-penance (with nothing but occasional bonding sessions with the vending machine as company) is the archetypal scholarly self-flagellation...
...waging war on Iraq, Bush didn't prove he would do whatever it takes to keep America safe. He showed only that he is adept at linking two entirely unrelated issues (Iraq and 9/11) and getting the media to help him do it--over and over again. HEATHER FLYNN Portland...
Bean-Counters' Ball Armed with new federal laws, accountants are more powerful than ever, and have the fees to prove it. But can the changes prevent another wave of corporate scandal...
...parliamentary president Jean-Louis Debré, "but that's not enough when insecurity is now synonymous to many of our citizens with rural decay, company delocalization and unemployment." The government assures voters that it has no plans to tear down France's complex web of social protections. To prove the point, Chirac might be tempted to cut Raffarin loose. The Prime Minister, after all, is now viewed by some as the embodiment of an austere, decentralizing - and threatening - ideology. As Debré has noted, even conservatives believe that providing services and social protection is part of the state's responsibility...