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...Harvey Milk lived with death threats. In the film, before one rally, he is handed a note reading, "You get the first bullet the minute you stand at the microphone." Black frames the film as a monologue delivered into a tape recorder by Harvey, who's as sure of his impending death as he is of his gay-liberation creed. In the '70s, paranoia was simply common sense; the preceding 10 years had seen the murders of King and Robert Kennedy and assassination attempts on Gerald Ford and George Wallace. The movie is faithful to that grungy time...
...potential to be the best superintendent in the country. Most people think about their own longevity, about political considerations." He adds, "Very few people genuinely don't care about anything other than the end result for kids. Michelle will compromise with no one when it comes to making sure kids get what they deserve...
Over the past three decades, the United States has slowly but surely shifted away from an economy based on the secondary sector and transitioned into an era in which knowledge-based service industries dominate. In this “new economy,” those with postsecondary degrees are essential to the economic wellbeing and competitiveness of the United States. But in spite of our nation’s voracious appetite for well-educated professionals, our immigration system—specifically, the allocation of H-1B visas for gainfully employed graduates of American educational institutions—is woefully...
...Sure, I’m pretty special and all, but really? As a student doing a small project on the biofuel industry, I wasn’t exactly expecting unsolicited help from the government...
...lunch. A row of aluminum tables is placed in the quadrangle, and giant trays of rice and lamb appear. The sheiks stand around as they eat directly from the trays. Everybody seems to agree that it has been a most productive morning, and as they depart, the sheiks make sure to compliment the al-Hais chieftains, Mohammed and Hamid, who beam with satisfaction. "This is politics, Anbar style," says Hamid. And what does he think of the election? "The only way anybody else can win is if they steal it, and if they try, we know how to deal with...