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...prep for high school students is the basis of his enterprise, INeedAPencil.com. Unlike more famous companies such as Kaplan and Princeton Review, which often charge several hundred dollars for a preparatory course, is geared toward low-income and underprivileged students.“WRITING” THE PROGRAMShah says he was inspired to start the project in fall 2006 as a junior in high school. While helping some sixth graders write essays about their Thanksgiving plans, one student asked Shah how to spell the word “ball” three times. “That really...
...know that episode of the HBO show “The Wire” where Avon Barksdale says to Marlo Stanfield, “It’s all in the game” to describe the complications and stresses inherent in being a kingpin in the Baltimore drug trade? If you have no idea what the crap I’m talking about, The Wire, aka the sweetest show ever, is about crime and policing in the age of post-industrial urban decay, and the characters traditionally say “all in the game” to describe...
...Given what the UC stands to pay and what it stands to gain, it seems safe to say that purchasing 45 Mt. Auburn may not be the best idea possible. Current plans seem to call for the UC to shell out millions of dollars for a partial share in a decaying building. Under the current proposal, the building’s top two floors would remain inaccessible to the UC, leaving only the ground floor and basement, which requires heavy renovations to be usable. Even if the project did succeed, the potential improvements to student life to be derived from...
That's not to say, however, that Cutié is a liberal priest. His current television show, Hablando Con Padre Alberto (Talking With Father Alberto), airs on the conservative Catholic network EWTN (Eternal World Television Network), which was founded by the engaging but dogmatically stern nun Mother Angelica. Last December Cutié blasted Playboy's Mexican edition for what he called a "blasphemous" cover photo that depicted a model as the Virgin Mary. On his shows on the Radio Paz (Radio Peace) network and in his columns and books, like Ama de Verdad, Vive de Verdad (Real Love, Real Life...
...Leave Obama out of it. Though he doesn't say so directly, Luntz makes clear that the President's popularity is too much for the GOP to counter right now. So better to frame the health care fight as a battle between Republicans and Democrats, or, better still, Americans and politicians. "If you make this debate about Republicans vs. Obama, you lose...