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...Harvard decided to break with the status quo, it would have had dire implications for the Early Decision system, which benefits schools who are guaranteed that they were the first choice of a substantial percentage of their applicants and thus have higher yields than they otherwise would...
...geographic consciousnesses have emerged--development vs. environment. West of the Cascades, a largely urban population evaluates industry by its environmental impact. East of the Cascades, a mostly rural population judges environmental initiatives by their impact on jobs. Guthrie's public-power Democrats--liberals of long ago--created a status quo of irrigation and hydropower that today's conservative east-of-the-Cascades is desperately trying to maintain. Deference to salmon or spotted owl, says the east, takes opportunity away from the grandchildren of the kids Guthrie worried about...
...That's understandable on this, the first post 9/11 Independence Day holiday. But has everything really changed? Are we fundamentally altered as nation? No - and yes. In many parts of the country, the deadly attacks of 9/11 did little to alter the bedrock of status quo. You don't need to look far to see how much things haven't changed: America's slums are still infested with roaches and drug dealers, our public schools are still suffering from inattention, and too many of our citizens are still abandoned to the streets, sub-par nursing facilities or mental institutions...
...when my friend, in return, described his impressive MIT internship as a counselor in the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science program, my carefree and confident attitude towards my own summer plan began to implode. Mine was not the status quo Harvard student summer. It served no purpose; it imparted no new skills...
...realtor in some distant Arab capital), and little for the Palestinian in the street to hang on to. And for those moderate Arab regimes allied with the United States, the speech is likely to be a bitter disappointment. For the Egyptians, Saudis and Jordanians, the quid-pro-quo for ending the conflict had been an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders. What they got was an exhaustive set of political and security demands on the Palestinians in exchange simply for a return to the dead-end situation of September 2000. President Bush sounded a clear warning that he wanted...