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...every five women who has an abortion is an undergraduate living on a college campus and one out of every two women who has an abortion is college-age, the president of “Feminists for Life” reported in a speech at Harvard Law School last night. Serrin M. Foster—who became the president of the anti-abortion organization in 1994—attributed the high number of abortions in college to the lack of options that many undergraduates have, and added that most co-eds must unfairly choose between school and raising their child...
...simmering public skepticism surrounding him. For many critics, the acknowledgment during his own confirmation process that he failed to pay taxes left two possible conclusions: either Geithner knowingly underpaid, or the man now nominally in charge of the IRS couldn't figure out his own taxes. His first major speech as Treasury Secretary, delivered on Feb. 10 with a focus on how to save America's banks, fell flat in part because he had few details to provide and in part because expectations had been raised by everyone from his aides to the President himself...
...Geithner's allies say the fastest way for him to ease doubts about his competence is to do what he's been doing: work. His appearances before Congress since the bank speech have been solid, and if those who only heard of him in the past month have a poor impression, those who watched him in his previous job at the New York Fed tend to believe he has the skills to meet the daunting tasks before...
...voice in the performance than to indicate actual singing.In the last scene of “Corbu Pops,” a sole baby depended almost entirely on her voice to deliver a convincing, poetic monologue regarding forms, reflections, awarenessm the present, past, and future. But her poetic speech was punctuated by passionate, intermittent ejaculations of “Nigger!” She too then receded beneath her hole and even left the room. The door closed as she continued to scream from another room until she and the music faded. Emotional and perplexing, the performance drew no clear...
...Gordon Brown expected props back home for being the first European leader to enjoy President Obama's hospitality at the White House and only the fifth British Prime Minister ever to address Congress, he might have reconsidered the fourth paragraph of that speech. Like a nervous entertainer at a particularly rowdy children's party, Brown pulled his rabbit out of the hat almost at the start of his act. Her Majesty - Britain's Queen - had bestowed an honorary knighthood on "Sir Edward Kennedy," he announced...