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...There were definitely some ground rules. Not as many as you might think, though. I said I wouldn't date anyone that was really drunk or high, or falling over. I didn't want to go out with somebody who was messed up, because, I thought, they're not in control. They're not going to be who they are. And I won't be able to control them, which is not a good thing. I didn't want to get into anyone's car, telling them where I lived. Some people knew, because they were my neighbors or whatever...
Although Foster is a lecturer in the Folklore and Mythology department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) rules dictate that any non-tenured instructor may teach at the College for a maximum of eight years. A loophole to this rule allows for lecturers with certain administrative positions to retain lecturer status indefinitely, according to Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Julie Buckler...
...serious issue of Iran's nuclear-enrichment program while ignoring the reasons that created the current political situation there. Iran is one of numerous countries in which the U.S. has practiced intervention in order to set up a political administration more sympathetic to the U.S. During the rule of the Shah of Iran, it was the U.S. that provided much of the weaponry and technical support that Iran used in later years for purposes less friendly toward the U.S. and the world in general. Chris Angelis Tampere, Finland
Because, as a rule, Europeans have ceased to believe in themselves and their civilization. This might sound like a hokey line from a Disney movie, but it is generally true. A hundred years ago, Europeans were a deeply religious people, deeply committed to Christian beliefs and to spreading the Good News throughout the world. This belief was not, however, necessarily religious; there is also an important tradition of secular belief in the superiority of European culture, in the mission civilatrice, and in a duty to make the world a better place. Even the Soviets, for all of their manifest flaws...
...left the international donor community reluctant to deliver more than 10 percent, thus far, of its 2004 pledge of $1.2 billion in development aid. Still, foreign governments say they'll support a new government that demonstrates a commitment to inclusiveness, transparency, and disarmament of the gangs that rule many urban areas...