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...This is why the inauguration of Obama as the nation’s first half-white president was nothing to celebrate. One can only succeed as a black American—in politics or at your job—by submitting to majority authority and control. You can’t say you don’t want to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. You can’t suggest you were ever not proud of the country that murdered Indians with gifts infected by smallpox and that blew up little girls as they prayed.You certainly can?...

Author: By Jonathan D. Farley | Title: The New Black Politics | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...risk of failing. "I don't think it helps any student to say, 'Well, we're going to lower the standard to pass so you can stay in school,' " he says. "When you go out in the world, there are certain skills and knowledge that you need to succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virginia Parents Fight for Easier Grading Standards | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...Sounds like a good cop, but SEC followers, like Columbia law professor John Coffee, says she'll need an even tougher bad cop, too, if she wants to succeed in restoring faith in the agency, and the economic system. (See the top 10 financial crisis buzzwords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Mary Schapiro Revitalize the SEC? | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...this is a good thing, right? In a lot of ways, yes. Not all women must go through 13 IVF trials before they succeed, but most women undergo multiple attempts, each of which can cost $5,000. Fischel's procedure runs an extra $2,750 or so - but paying a premium price once is easily cheaper than paying the lower price over and over. What's more, while couples who choose the in vitro route dearly want a child, they don't always want more than one. But the high failure rate of the procedure requires that multiple embryos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Baby: A New In Vitro Test | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...direct ties to Hillary Clinton, having helped raise money for Clinton's 2000 Senate bid and later earning Clinton's endorsement when Gillibrand ran for office in 2006. New York's other Senator, Charles Schumer, reportedly was a staunch advocate for Gillibrand to succeed Clinton in the U.S. Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

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