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...That poverty may be ubiquitous, but so is the energy. Teeming, corrugated-iron slums surround decaying Art Deco mansions. Lush bougainvilleas peek from behind high stone walls trimmed with barbed wire. Chapels hear confession in the middle of decadent shopping malls, and hand-painted billboards advertising movies like Brazen Women overlook vendors touting T-shirts that read JESUS OF NAZARETH. At stoplights, peddlers tap on your window proffering newspapers and Marlboro Reds, while children wave garish feather dusters and delicate lace handkerchiefs. And wherever you go, there is music, in the endless strips of "videoke" lounges, pouring forth from bars...
...such weapons should be a Congressional priority. Background checks must be thorough and make use of all available resources—they should not be “instant” enough to be completed in 15 minutes. Finally, the federal government must end the indefensible exceptions that surround gun shows, where in many states there is no waiting period. At this critical juncture, it is essential that Democrats in the House and the Senate not back down from pursuing tougher gun control legislation. The killings at Virginia Tech have shown us the costs of a society awash in guns...
...critical that you keep things in perspective during the suite selection process. Your Harvard experience will not be defined by the four walls that surround you, but by the people that surround you. So what if your shower head is only about four feet high and one section of floor in your common room is permanently sticky? You’ll adjust better than you realize. As hard as it is to believe now, your happiness next year is not directly proportional to the amount of square feet in your room. It is, however, inversely proportional to the amount...
...would be nice if we could have a joint initiative and show that we care about them,” said Elisha W. Rivera ’10, a member of the Dems’ political committee. Rather than focusing on the intense debate that has come to surround the war, the project’s organizers wanted to focus their efforts on the troops. “We didn’t think the troops were getting the attention in the war,” said HRC member Colin J. Motley ’10. “Sometimes...
Since these clouds surround the emission source, it is now known to be extremely close to the black hole as well...