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...perhaps the first time in the history of the People's Republic, secrecy was replaced by transparency and bureaucracy by efficiency. Your report highlighted the fate of the children crushed to death in the thousands by collapsed school buildings - evidence of heartless violation of construction codes in the pursuit of illicit profits. The pencil-clutching hands and bloodstained backpacks amidst the debris of jerry-built schools are a silent rebuke to local officials, and demonstrate the need for a serious crackdown on corruption. In the face of nature's overwhelming power, the Chinese people empowered themselves through compassion and acts...
...itself,” Saretsky added. “In Dan’s case, the time just took care of itself.” But what characterized Chenoweth this season was his gutsy attitude towards running. He showed no hesitation in testing his pain threshold in the pursuit of victory. At the outdoor Heptagonals at Yale, Chenoweth fell at around the 2000-meter mark in the 5000-meter run. Instinctively, the freshman picked himself up and, sitting dead last, made his way through the pack. At one point Chenoweth took the outright lead before finishing second in the home...
...inquiry. Never mind that Harvard started out largely as a pre-professional school (the profession then was being a Protestant minister). Some students may choose economics because they believe it is good preparation for a business career, but the department’s courses emphasize economics as an intellectual pursuit. This is an annoyance for some students, but in our view the right approach for a liberal arts university...
SNEAK PEEK For a nation that was injured so grievously on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. did not spend a lot of time nursing its wounds. Instead, we did what most countries do when they're attacked: we set out in pursuit of the people who did it. This left a quiet at home, and in that quiet, Taryn Simon turned inward...
...Similar arguments have been set forth by a handful of conservatives, chief among them Andrew Sullivan. Yet Sullivan falls down when he resorts to the argument that gay marriage should be legalized because it will make a great number of gay Americans much happier. Sullivan calls the pursuit of happiness “the birthright of every American.” While this allusion to the Declaration of Independence’s preamble is sweetly sentimental, there is no guaranteed right to happiness in the Constitution (and for good reason). By giving credit to this argument, Sullivan opens...