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Insha's story illustrates the notion of the Power of One, the name of our new section about people and organizations that are making a difference in others' lives. Joining the ranks of our regular writers for the Power of One is Caroline Kennedy. She writes this week about a struggling student who grew into a model principal--and about her own commitment to community service. She comes by that commitment naturally. She begins her column by citing her father's inspiring call more than 40 years ago for all Americans to embrace public service. That clarion call motivated...
...inaugural section on China examined how that country is directing its commercial growth outward, building foreign economies and its political muscle along the way. Readers grappled with how the world has yet to change China--and how China has yet to change the world...
With a 50 percent response rate as of Friday, this semester’s campaign to get students to fill out CUE evaluations enlisted a cross-section of undergraduates, including a freshman and a football star, to join the litany of deans, professors, and elected student body representatives who typically lead the way in promoting...
...locate that great wine you had with dinner at the new restaurant downtown. In fact, this site allows you to check the availability and compare the prices of hundreds of thousands of wines from more than 8,000 participating merchants. Helpful tips are located in the Recommended Wines section, which features top-rated bottles, winners of 11 competitions and specialty categories such as organic and kosher wines...
...board in particular, which is charged with protecting civil rights, felt torn about promising to uphold laws they felt were discriminatory. So the Council will debate whether public servants, during their swearing-in, can state that the oath was taken under protest and vow to work to strike "this section from the constitution and work to prevent any discriminatory impacts from its application." That way, supporters of the "anti-oath" say, they can take the oath with a clear conscience...