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...Competition did become intense earlier this fall as it is now, and students new and old can’t be blamed for trying their hardest to succeed in their activities. But we may allow the lessons of the freshman campaigns to inform our vote for president. The campaign that takes its time to develop serious and innovative ideas for the UC might not be the most glamorous or funniest one. But it is the one most deserving of our attention and our vote. After all, Washington may be a long way off, but the road starts here...
...would be the presidential or the vice presidential candidate, about my agenda versus your agenda,” Wong says, indicating this unity. But it remains to be seen if this spontaneous partnership—made up of two individuals with differing backgrounds and personalities—will succeed at the polls.‘POLITICAL VIEWS: APATHETIC’The contrast between James and Wong is most apparent in the discussion of their life stories and political experiences.James speaks unabashedly about his rough background growing up in the South with his sister and mother, who, disabled from a back...
...Businesses and analogous enterprises like government do right to favor candidates with proven abilities to succeed in challenging and competitive environments, and no doubt a proven track record of success at an elite university speaks highly of its holder. Education, however, traditionally has been conceived as its own end, the pursuit of truth and the acquisition of virtue—good in and of itself. Meritocrats inevitably see education as a means to an end, some merely instrumental good. Therefore, an excessive reliance on meritocracy at the cost of, say, strength of character or capacity for virtue, would seem...
...Nixon, Frost could look false on TV - not being a host but doing one, as if relaxing in public was a test he'd crammed for. Neither Frost nor Nixon possessed a huggable personality. They rose to the top of their fields by a triumph of their will to succeed, and by the application of intellect and hard work to get there...
...study, the discrepancy is due to the expensive post-surgical care required after organ transplantation. For successful organ transplantation, the patient must undergo long-term immunosuppressive therapy. If the patient is unable to pay—and uninsured patients seldom are—the transplantation is less likely to succeed...