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...from inexperienced riders to mallet-waving, galloping fiends. And with only three players per lineup on the field during an intercollegiate game, having even one player as experienced as Nick has made the national championships a genuine possibility this year for the young team. But for that very same reason, Nick’s success is a constant bleak reminder of how much the club will lose next season...
...might have been motivated by her role there. “I think that she still feels the need to defend the administration,” said Pearl T. Robinson, professor of African American politics at Tufts and a friend of Frazer. But Robinson added that Frazer had ample reason to call the policies successful. “The biggest foreign policy success that [Bush] can claim is in Africa,” Robinson said. “I think she’s done well.” The event was part of the ongoing Africa Week hosted...
...During the speech itself, Obama charmed the crowd with an ease that should no longer surprise anyone. There is a reason he was elected president with flying colors, a reason he has a 66-percent approval rating while the party of his opponents, the GOP, polled its lowest approval rating this week in the 25-year period the question has been asked. Obama spoke at length of the Czech Republic’s history and road to independence, flawlessly pronouncing the Czech phrase for “Velvet Revolution,” the movement that ousted Communism from the country...
...many rejections is...I feel numb —jiess Real talk: About 20% of the acceptances are mistakes. This can be corroborated with qualitative evidence. —shalashaska64 “A record 10.9 percent of admitted students are from Latino backgrounds” For some weird reason, it made me feel much better for being rejected by Harvard. It is not because I am not good enough academically, it is because I was not born Latino. I am more than happy to bring my tuition money to a school that is truly merit based...
...outcome of those votes - if they even occur - is uncertain. And there is plenty of reason for gay-marriage hopefuls to temper their expectations. Despite the big steps of the past week, gay marriage remains unpopular in nearly every state (California's Prop. 8 vote being one example). Even in Iowa, last week's unanimous state supreme court decision would likely be overturned were it possible to put the issue to voters anytime soon. And with a federal judiciary - and especially the Supreme Court - dominated by conservative judges appointed by President George W. Bush, a national victory for marriage-equality...