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Getting Republicans together has been the major stumbling block on immigration reform. Twenty-three GOP senators supported President Bush's plan, which would strengthen border security, create a guest worker program and offer a path to citizenship for the some 10 million illegals already in this country. On the other side are most House Republicans, who want border security only and don't want to hear about anything that they regard as "amnesty" until later, if ever. Today House Republicans stunned their Senate colleagues by announcing that they intend to hold public hearings around the country this August to highlight...
...donation will strengthen the center’s research and encourage student study abroad...
What does the report recommend? The Corps must dramatically strengthen backup systems, keep up with the latest scientific developments and do a better job of risk assessment to prevent another disaster...
...here are laziness and leniency: "We're talking about a contemporary style of parenting, particularly in the middle class, that is overindulgent of children," argues William Doherty, a professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis and author of The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties. "It treats them as customers who need to be pleased." By that, he means the willingness of parents to let dinner be an individual improvisation--no routine, no rules, leave the television on, everyone eats what they want, teenagers take a plate to their room so they...
...proposed by DEAS Dean Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti, which would enlarge DEAS’ faculty and change the division into a full-fledged “school” under FAS auspices. The Faculty should approve this proposal in the fall because it promises to strengthen Harvard’s technical credentials and encourage new intra-University synergies in exchange for a minimal commitment of new resources. Many scientists have speculated that the 21st century will be the century of biology, just as advances in physics dominated the previous one. These proposed changes to DEAS will...