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...scheduled to hand over authority next month to the new government of Kosovo, which was to be aided in security and judicial tasks by a 2,200-man mission under the auspices of the European Union. But Russia's refusal to recognize Kosovo's independence has thrown that plan into doubt. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has yet to make a decision about pulling out, and European diplomats now concede that the E.U.-led mission is in jeopardy. As a result, they say, Kosovo could face an interregnum with no properly functioning state institutions. "Serbia is going...
...father, Paul Martin, who are both quadriplegics. The pair spoke about their experiences living with spinal cord injuries and the importance of having a support network. The band then concluded the night with another set of music. Kolbe, who was injured at age 14, said that she was thrown into a new environment—one in which she didn’t even know how to tie her shoes. Kolbe told the crowd that the Web site will help answer questions like, “How do you wear the right prom dress so that it doesn?...
...sweatshop owner in a third-world country. But if you consider it carefully, there are more parallels between these types of labor than you would imagine.Child actors, like sweatshop workers, often lose the opportunity to attend a normal school and never experience important stages in character and personality development. Thrown into a world controlled by adults, both are often forced to accept adult responsibilities when they are far too immature to adjust. The pressures placed upon them are unnatural at their age. The resulting misbehavior—largely related to drug and alcohol abuse—of these kids...
...good Lord. Well, Rutka, you've probably gone completely crazy. You are calling upon God as if He exists. The little faith I used to have has been completely shattered. If God existed, He would have certainly not permitted that human beings be thrown alive into furnaces, and the heads of little toddlers be smashed with butts of guns or be shoved into sacks and gassed to death ... It sounds like a fairy tale. Those who haven't seen this would never believe it. But it's not a legend; it's the truth. Or the time when they beat...
...Robin M. Worth ’81, a former assistant dean, recounted a story of a student who had “thrown some elbows” on the basketball court and found himself before the dean. Moses’ words on that occasion, Worth said, made a lasting impression...