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...good soil and given water and sunlight, it will grow tall and flower. Put that same plant in bad soil, neglect it of water or leave it in the shade, and the plant will not grow properly. If, seeing this malnourished plant, you pull on it to make it taller, could you then say it is a good flower? No. The solution is to give the flower what it needs from the start. Early education programs, Head Start, food, clothes, etc., allow the plant to grow tall and flower on its own, without any tugging. Affirmative action is a superficial...
Eliminating Feaster from Harvard's may not beas easy for the Lady 'Backs as eliminating Karlinfrom the Arkansas equation, Feaster, the nationsleading scorer dropped 35 points worth ofknowledge on Stanford despite being guarded by themuch taller Scott for most of the game...
...intimidating). Of course, there's nothing new in the idea of the commercial and secular overpowering the sacred; a look at Manhattan shows us any number of churches dwarfed by skyscrapers, and even on Fifth Avenue, it's not clear that St. Patrick's Cathedral is any taller than Bergdorf Goodman. Well, this is America, a secular society with a capitalist economy, and commercial buildings should be taller than houses of worship. What you see is what...
...improved her speed and coverage of the ice considerably since last year by trying to match her training partner (and U.S. men's national champion) Todd Eldredge stroke for stroke around the rink. That is no easy task, since at 5 ft. 8 in. Eldredge stands a good foot taller. Now that she is an Olympian, Lipinski says, "I just want to have fun, enjoy the experience and do the best I can. If I win, I'll be extremely happy. If I don't, it'll be disappointing because it's been one of my dreams...
...Nearsighted Witness. On the night of the murder, Babin told police that things were so confusing she doubted she could identify the killer. She did say he was "slightly shorter" than Gerardi--but, in fact, Cousin is 4 in. taller than Gerardi. Three days later, in a formal, taped statement, police asked Babin again if she could ID the killer. "I don't know," she said. "It was dark, and I didn't have my contacts or my glasses so I'm coming at this at a disadvantage." That statement was never turned over to the defense. Later...