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...fact, the number was far higher than that, and Desbois admits he had little idea of the huge task he had set himself when he began his full-time research in 2004. In 15 trips to Ukraine, the 52-year-old priest has since located more than 750 killing sites, some of which contain several mass graves, and he now suspects there may be another 1,800 graves scattered across the country. Ukraine's graves - many of them just depressions in the ground, suggesting the weight of hundreds of bodies - were neglected through decades of Soviet rule. Now, with many...
...classes with hundreds of students or those with a late exam, the task of grading can seem daunting. Professors and TFs have established their own rites and strategies to ease the process...
...find yourselves up to the task? Yes, I think so. Our first trip was very much a shoestring operation - we were pretty impoverished and most of our equipment was inadequate. For instance, I had a pair of boots that were very primitive and had rubber soles on them, and they were much too small for me so I could only wear about one pair of thick socks and one pair of thin socks, which really was completely inadequate for climbing at high altitude in the Himalayas. Even though I had pretty good resistance to cold in my feet, that first...
...speed-boated down the Ganges, you climbed Mount Herschel on Antarctica you went on that three-year, four-wheel-dirve expedition to the South Pole. What was the allure of Antarctica? It was a very good challenge. Vivian Fuchs wanted to cross the Antarctic and carry out the task that [Ernest] Shackleton had tried. He invited me on the expedition, I think mainly because he felt that would enable him to get support from the government. It was a good challenge, and it was snow and ice, which I enjoy...
...conjunction with these task forces, Summers promised $50 million over 10 years to initiatives for the University’s women and minorities...