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...There's been a lot of speculation about what Clinton will do now. One task she has before her: helping to unify the Democratic Party and bring back into the fold supporters like Mahoney and Miller. Clinton made it clear she's not going anywhere. "I've had every opportunity and blessing in my own life, and I want the same for all Americans. And until that day comes, you'll always find me on the front lines of democracy, fighting for the future," she said, drawing one of the longest ovations of the speech. First Lady to New York...
...election with a huge majority. Six months later there are demonstrations in the streets. It seems governing Korea is very difficult. Governing Korea is a difficult task, I agree with you. International economic conditions have not been very favorable, not only for Koreans but around the world, so we cannot expect results immediately. Those people who supported me, they didn't go anywhere. As they see progress happening, in a year or two our supporters will come back to us. If you look at some of the opinion polls, over 50% of [respondents] said that the government and the President...
...Betting on the Farm The outlook is not unrelentingly bleak, however. Leaders meeting in Rome pledged - at least in theory - to spend billions more dollars for agricultural programs. African governments and international organizations now face the task of getting new projects off the ground quickly. Obstacles abound. After decades of neglect, transportation networks for getting crops to market consist mainly of rutted dirt roads; irrigation systems are in a shambles; and there's little access to credit for poor farmers. Aid agencies are starting some programs virtually from scratch. "There are very few plans to take off the shelf," says...
Every web surfer, in the course of his or her browsing, has been forced to stop and perform this weird little task: look at a picture of some wavy, ghostly, distorted letters and type them into a box. Sometimes you flub it and have to retype the letters, but otherwise you don't think about it much. That string of letters has a name; it's called a CAPTCHA. And it's a test. By correctly transcribing it, you have proved to the computer that you are a human being...
...most basic form, an alumni registry is just data that is collected and aggregated. There is no reason why one employee working school hours (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) five days a week should not be able to collect such information. This task can be delegated to current employees if needed, to avoid having to hire someone else. Even taking into account some practical issues—such as low response rates caused by anything from laziness to a dysfunctional household—the benefits having an alumni registry are greater than the work that goes into actually creating them...