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...Koochiching County, whose biggest town is International Falls (pop. 10,000), are trying to boost their sagging population by giving away up to 40 acres to each brave soul who takes up residence there. To qualify, applicants must be financially self-sufficient and bring a business or a useful skill with them. The county has received 27 applications, four of which have been accepted...
...complement this athletic prowess on the ice, Trotman has demonstrated such skill and mental agility on the water that she was voted the 1987-1988 Outstanding Woman Collegiate Sailor. Other accomplishments include winning the New England Single-Handed Championships in 1987 and 1988, winning the Women's Nationals and competing in the World Championships...
...merely had to preserve that aura. Reagan came in only with what he had on his back and had to create his stature." One indispensable item Reagan carried was a quiver of messages and images, simple but sharp, honed over his many years as a conservative advocate. His great skill was in making a few of those arrows stick in the electorate's consciousness...
...must athletics be an index for diversity? Do people with the ability to dribble or shoot a ball indicate a more diverse community? Diversity at Harvard should be measured the same way it is in society: by race and socioeconomic class. Athletic skill does not fall under those categories, and it's difficult to see how Harvard can pursue the goal of a diverse student body on the one hand, and give preference to athletes (and alumni children) on the other...
...argue by saying that athletic skill is no different in the admission process from a special aptitude for writing or music. But Harvard is an academic institution, and people's skills ought to fit within that intellectual mission. If a student talented enough to come here happens to be an athlete also, fine. But athletes without scholarly abilities add nothing to Harvard's intellectual community and deny a coveted space in the student body to someone who could make better...