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...interested in the public sector, there is a tendency to turn to higher-level government positions.“In a place like Harvard Law School, it is very common for people who really care about issues affecting children and families to feel like they are swimming against the tide,” Schneider says.Bartholet adds that limited opportunities preclude students from developing the skills needed to become effective child advocates.“In general, top-tier law schools are sending students to work for the richest and most prestigious members of society,” she says...
What's the onething we cando as a nation to help turn the tide on global warming? We can give up the feeling of entitlement that pervades our society. We feel entitled to use a disproportionate amount of the world's resources, live in larger homes and drive larger cars, always thinking that bigger is better. The American Dream has become an environmental nightmare. As the greatest nation on earth, we should be leading by example...
...this year, so every race is a fight, and every week we need to work to get faster.” And the Black and White is doing just that. After leading against the Golden Bears last weekend but failing to close out the victory, the crew turned the tide on Saturday, coming from behind, finding its speed, and blowing by both Princeton and Cornell to win with a time of 6:54.9. The Tigers came in second with a time of 7:00.5, and Cornell pulled up the rear with a 7:22.7 posting. After trailing over the first...
...against him to the swamp reservation for two years. Every state also would select the two politicians with the severest condition and exile them for six years. Although this exile system has been in place for 226 years, it has simply slowed the infection rate instead of reversing the tide...
...crammed into an 8 m by 5 m shack located in the middle of a mosquito-infested mangrove swamp. Around them is a garbage tip of old tyres, tins and broken-up asbestos sheeting; human waste fills a network of stinking open drains that regularly overflow during high tide. Kumar and his wife bring in about $80 a week; a relative cares for the children, who do their homework by candlelight. "We only eat meat once a week," he says, while cooking on a smoky outdoor hearth. "Sometimes all we have to eat is rice...