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...harsher sanctions down the road such as being barred from lucrative post-season play. The organization fired loud warning shots, posting report cards on its website that detail which specific teams face the biggest challenges (UConn basketball and Ohio State football among them) and giving them a year to shape up or risk scholarship losses...
...drive behind the orange revolution fizzling out? The festive part is all forgotten. Our drive now is in working hard. It will likely take more time and effort to fix things than we ever supposed. What are your priorities as Prime minister? We knew the country was in bad shape; we didn't know just how bad it was. We have to tackle the moral and financial degradation of the state - widespread corruption, shadow businesses, a stagnating economy - right away. Normal people who want to invest in Ukraine are scared to come. This fear must be overcome. The government...
FINALLY! A PUBLICATION THAT HAS THE guts to call a spade a spade. This behavior of overprotective parents has gone on far too long. Parents, shape up or ship out! School boards, hire superintendents with the courage to instill some discipline in students. Only when parents stop spoiling their children and administrators stop being "politically correct" will this bad behavior cease...
MAKE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT. It all comes back to us. Individuals, working in unison, form and shape societies. The final myth I will debunk here is that politicians are punished by their constituents for supporting actions to help the poor. There is plenty of experience to show that the broad public will accept such measures, especially if they see that the rich within their own societies are asked to meet their fair share of the burden. Great social forces are the mere accumulation of individual actions. Let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents...
Ambassador Dennis Ross, who helped shape U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process for more than twelve years during the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations, spoke about his experience as a negotiator with Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Syria. His talk was sponsored by Harvard Hillel...