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...Many have chosen to believe that with a change in administration will usher in an “environmental spring” in this country. A fairer appraisal is that while President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have earned the jeers of those concerned about climate change, they have also been convenient lightning rods while Congress has quietly gone about its business of not doing enough...
...although they may know everything there is to know about postwar Georgia bluegrass music or food imagery in Czechoslovakian spy fiction, their knowledge of the delicate interplay between cultural forces independent of nations may remain blighted. It is time to rethink how the humanities approach learning, and to usher in a new ethic of “transnationalism.”Developments like the Internet already erode the traditional vision of a nation, spawning a multiplicity of ever more subdivided communities. It is entirely possible, and increasingly common, that one can feel a stronger sense of community with those...
...with losing out West. Though he had already won two Derbys, the last in 2000, Desormeaux was supposed to be history. Now he's primed for the Triple Crown and inspiring fans in the process. Desormeaux, 38, balances racing with raising son Jacob, 9, who suffers from Usher syndrome, a disease that causes deafness and a gradual loss of vision. Jacob has lived through 11 surgeries. "He's the happiest boy on earth," says Desormeaux. "The only people who are sad right now are his parents and the people who love...
...part of the team that created the first electronic digital computer, which weighed 30 tons, Arthur Burks helped usher in the modern technological age. ENIAC (for electronic numerical integrator and computer) was invented at the University of Pennsylvania as a replacement for the 75 women who were calculating trajectories of artillery shells during World War II. Burks married one of the human calculators and went on to study computing's intersections with other sciences, including linguistics...
...about celebrity," says Andes of his innovative program. "It's about work. It's not about turning out the next dancer or orchestra leader. Each job is significant - for a child to be an usher is just as valuable as being an actor. How we learn to write, to read, to think, to collaborate, how we engage in a creative process, allows everyone to participate." Or as Sondheim might have put it: "Glide them but step away, Children will glisten...