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...never bastions of original thought, asked for more. Soon rappers who had never got a speeding ticket were referring to themselves as pimps and hustlas, and what had started as ghetto reporting with a touch of caricature metastasized into caricature with no tether to reality. The result was a torrent of albums about the joys of acquisitiveness (bling, if you must), consequence-free violence and compliant women...
...have made the next person's job a little easier." During the short time they will spend among these people, the Kiwi and Tongans will play a variety of roles: police trainer, diplomat, trouble shooter, community builder. The country is in transition, its traditional ways under challenge from a torrent of new ideas. "We have to be careful about how much influence we expose the people to, especially in the outposts," says Curragh. "We are given a lot of power and authority. Sometimes we have to take a step back. We can't be dictators. Otherwise we could destroy this...
...particles at a rate of 100 impacts a second, a bombardment that swung its antenna out of alignment with a tracking station in Australia. That brought communications to a halt. But before the blackout, Giotto relayed more than 2,000 images of Halley's back to earth, plus a torrent of data from the ten on-board instruments...
...response to the torrent of criticism from media and fellow faculty members, Goldin, with Allison Professor of Economics Lawrence F. Katz, wrote a January op-ed in The Boston Globe defending Summers’ NBER remarks...
...home and the College begin opening its gates in late August, we maintain our skepticism of plans for a formalized academic January term. We are pleased that in its latest report the committee on a January term emphasized the need for a flexible and optional program. With a more torrent pace to the fall term, students will welcome a reprieve from the demands of academic life, and the best vision for January is one where a prolonged winter break opens windows of opportunity generally reserved for summer experiences, including intensive language study abroad, research opportunities, and internships...