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...world has already gained from the Obama candidacy. In one sense, and one sense alone, his skin color does matter. In Asia (with the exception, perhaps, of India), it is virtually unthinkable that an individual from a minority could rise to become a serious national leader. Whatever we may think of the U.S., of its hardly stellar handling of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, of its lack of oversight, restraint and thrift over the financial meltdown, the fact that a Barack Obama can overcome the disadvantages associated with being black and have a shot at the highest office...
Believe me, I know how important it is to text all of your blockmates about your Emma Watson sighting (okay, that part was serious), but is making that instantaneous reply to your house open list really that big of a deal...
...While you want to show that you’re serious, you don’t want to come across as toolish,” says Anthony R. Britt ’10, who was recently re-elected as a Lowell House representative. Britt took advantage of his song-parody-writing hobby for his campaign, sending one of his creations over his house list to attract attention to the election (although he did not manage to actually record it). “It’s less about ‘vote for me,’ more...
...tone became more serious, though, when the opponents questioned each other’s records...
...crisis moving so rapidly. "Uncoordinated rescue operations, far from restoring confidence, are further fueling fears among savers and investors," said Daniel Gros, director of the Center for European Studies in Brussels. Such actions are pushing Europe "toward a full-fledged banking crisis," he said, with the "likelihood of a serious economic downturn [looming] ever larger...