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...Latin word for study, studium, refers not only to hard work but emphasizes the enthusiasm and zeal that comes with intellectual pursuit, Crawford said...
...feminism was the fight for equality, did the partial victory prove worth the burning battle? The pursuit of parity makes sense only if it is a step up, not down. The quest for the Holy Groin, as it might have been called, is now superseded by the more fundamental question, "Do Women Need Men?" Or are homo saps of the male chromosomal make-up just devices like the dew claw on the dog, something evolution is shucking...
...doing so with a high level of customer service. While we have no objection to good service, at the same time the IRS has had its staff reduced by more than one-sixth since 1992 as the economy and population have grown. As a result, it has essentially halted pursuit of more than 1 million tax evaders and has greatly reduced other forms of enforcement...
...spare cash. (Iverson was not in the pants at the time.) Video cameras had been installed after players complained of missing cash. "I felt sick, physically sick," said the elder Croce upon viewing the tape; he told his brother to resign or be fired. John Croce did resign, citing pursuit of a new job, and a forgiving Iverson didn't press charges. Neither did the Sixers organization, though Pat Croce says he hasn't spoken to his brother since January. Iverson--also the league's top scorer--has a six-year, $70.9 million contract. Let's hope John Croce...
...greatness and bestow fame, it actually takes something away from the ambitious discussion of our desire for those things. The precarious arrangement behind which Scott has hidden his genius from the outside world is all about to come undone, two days before Scott’s 183rd birthday. In pursuit of relative peace and anonymity, Anderson has traditionally had so-called artists, like writers F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, sign contracts where they get all the credit and half the money if they just keep their mouths shut. The problem is that Scott has suddenly decided...