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...voters are a long way from reading each candidate's health-care plan. So Edwards will spend much of the month of February attending fundraisers all over the country, trying to persuade big-money donors that while he may have a Dean-like message, he is capable of doing something the ex-Vermont governor couldn...
...mildly autistic and has had to cope with several medical issues since his birth. In order to spend most of my free time with him, I have neglected my hobbies, curtailed my social life and moved to a country with better resources for his disability. I don't consider myself some kind of hero or a candidate for sainthood. I simply do my duty and my obligation. It's not much of a surprise for me to read about parents who ask doctors to cripple and maim their child for the sole purpose of somewhat lightening the "burden" that this...
...Disappointingly, however, nobody at Turner Broadcasting System, the company that broadcasts the insidious television program in question, was brutally tortured by a rogue and totally awesome BPD officer.) Although similar lights were found in ten other cities, nowhere else did the police spend nearly $750,000 to disrupt traffic and arrest two twenty-year-olds who would only respond to reporters’ questions having to do with human hair. The Portland, Ore. police department quietly removed the objects that they considered “harmless.” Apparently, unlike the BPD, Portland police aren’t drawn...
...Dylan Reese said. “We worked with some psychologists in sports psychology about staying positive, and that’s the atmosphere we tried to keep on the bench.” The attitude adjustment, however, seemed to have little effect, as the Crimson was forced to spend much of the contest playing catch-up and was not able to generate enough chances to even the score. “I didn’t feel we were able to ever get the pressure or sustain the attack that we have in the past few games...
...much fanfare, Princeton University announced last month that it would not raise undergraduate tuition for the coming year. According to The New York Times, several factors—including alumni donations, the 20 percent return of endowment investments, and the decision by trustees to spend more of the endowment—enabled Princeton to implement this freeze. Certainly, Princeton is to be commended for using surplus financial resources to ameliorate the massive burden high tuition rates impose on students and their families, especially those from middle- and low-income households. But we believe that extra available dollars at universities...