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...received such a picture or video by text message or e-mail. One school principal suspects that a random ransacking of the phones in his school would find indecent pictures on half to two-thirds of them. Three out of four teens say posting suggestive stuff "can have serious negative consequences," which means they know it's dumb--and they do it anyway...
...opportunity for a wide interpretative understanding of the film. The men of the village—whose fathers were brave warriors and died to construct the water pipeline—embody the decline of their civilization; they are too useless to carry out even simple jobs. On a less serious level, Helmer playfully captures the pitfalls of adolescence and sexual awakening. In the end, he creates a fairy tale for adults—full of sexual innuendo, aesthetic innovation, and a landscape removed from time and reality...
...small compared to the city’s overall budget of $434 million. But, combined with the fact that “all other revenue sources are ‘flat’ during this economic downturn,” it was expected to necessitate “serious expenditure reductions,” wrote City Manager Robert W. Healy in a memo to the City Council...
...offering a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, would take a significant toll on both financial resources and time, even in better financial times.“Even if we had all the money in the world, these are things that take serious amounts of time,” Greenblatt says.For large-scale projects, Greenblatt says, it is important to keep discussion moving and not lose sight of long-term goals.“It’s very easy to lose track,” Greenblatt says...
...Limits of Personal Choice As this country prepares to engage in its first serious debate over comprehensive health-care reform in 15 years, there are two leading approaches to covering the 45 million uninsured and reining in costs. One, which President Barack Obama is putting forward, would force more employers to offer coverage to their workers, with subsidies and other incentives to make it more affordable. The other, advocated by Republicans (including Senator John McCain in the recent presidential campaign), would take away some of the tax advantages that come with getting coverage at work and thereby put many Americans...