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Thorns lurk in some bouquets. A columnist for Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung drew parallels between the famously moody Brown and the "sociopath" Churchill. However provocative, the comparison is apt: that just as war allowed Churchill to shine, so does the economic crisis play to Brown's strengths...
...hate math!” This cultural malaise remains specifically an American problem. According to a study published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, the United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, particularly among those who could shine at the highest levels. Eastern Europe and Asia, on the other hand, place higher emphasis on rewarding mathematical skills, creating cultures that value progress and achievement in math far more than we do in the United States. Requiring that students merely perform just well enough to make the grade provides little motive...
...first election in our lifetimes, and maybe ever, when almost 9 out of 10 people think the country is going in the wrong direction. We have bridges falling into our rivers and children dropping out of our schools and an abiding sense that the American Century that let us shine as a beacon to the world is giving way to one in which we can't afford the electric bills. And yet the historians sitting around the table are more comfortable with ambiguity than is a voter heading into the booth. Even in crisis, they say, there is no perfect...
...Africa. Someone asked him what his role would be in the campaign and he looked a bit hurt. They were marginalizing him. That's one thing you don't do with Bill Clinton. He's the sun, he's the center of the universe. He needs to shine...
...most felt should be spared from oblivion and attracted more than 11,000 votes in a week. The word embrangle (to confuse or entangle) won with 1,434 votes, while fubsy (short and stout) came in a distant second. Roborant (tending to fortify) and nitid (bright, glistening) failed to shine; they finished last, drawing roughly 550 votes between them...