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Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...
...Director David Rosenthal, who advised the 24-member Committee, says that the best strategy is not only to treat students who come in to UHS for alcohol poisoning, but to attack the root causes of the problem. He suggests mandatory evaluation or counseling for repeat patients to diagnose possible cases of alcoholism, as well as improved education...
...will inevitably fall through the cracks in even the best designed system—but it would likely take a student business less than an hour to devise a more efficient system to notify House supers and connect students with their packages sooner. Indeed, although not clear-cut, the root of the problem seems to be the decision to outsource the management of these depots once the academic year began...
...root of the problem lies in the way the debates are organized. After the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)—an “independent” group in fact controlled by the two major parties—took control of administering televised presidential debates from the League of Women Voters in 1988, the Democrats and the Republicans have been able to jointly dictate the terms on which their candidates will appear. The results have been all-too obvious—candidates avoid dangerous issues and spontaneous or interactive formats...
...contests are a badly needed opportunity to reintroduce himself to the electorate. About 1 in 5 voters, according to the TIME poll, still don't know enough about him to have an opinion. That segment of the population has actually grown in recent weeks. One perception that has taken root is that Kerry is a flip-flopper. Only 37% of voters say they believe he sticks to his positions; 84% say that about Bush. So it could be all but fatal for Kerry to do or say anything in the debates that might reinforce that image...