Word: validator
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...valid concern. But U.S. officials say they have to accept some compromises as they scramble to get the nation functioning again. Electricity supplies remain sporadic, garbage is mounting, and schools are only a third full. The streets are so dangerous and police so scarce that Iraqi mothers are afraid to let their daughters leave the house. Iraqis want things fixed fast, and their patience is wearing thin. Getting institutions functioning and bureaucrats back to work are necessary first steps. But what is to be done with the old bosses who were in tight with a cruel regime? Under Saddam, most...
...recent petition by students at the Kennedy School for Government (KSG) against the selection of Mass. Gov. W. Mitt Romney as commencement speaker raises valid issues of student involvement in commencement day activities. But the petition’s demand—that Romney should not speak—is simply a partisan effort against a conservative leader that should not influence the administration to change this year’s speaker...
...arts are as valid and important to the University’s mission as any other academic subject. The practice and performance of the arts provide creative outlets for reflecting, critiquing and interpreting the world. Just as existing concentrations tailor their curricula to the subjects’ history, trends and real-world applications, arts concentrations focus on history, theory and performance. The University should not, nor would it ever, create an arts conservatory within Faculty of Arts and Sciences, but academic endeavors which aim to create art—not just interpret it—deserve far more support...
...suppose for a second that the data from the surveys is, in fact, valid. Is it not, then, quite unfair to the poor, beleaguered residents of Kirkland, Lowell and Eliot Houses that they do not get to spend some of their time in the hallowed halls of Currier, Pforzheimer and Cabot which produce such satisfaction...
...Kuwait City, the designer boutique Villa Moda is giving away promotional T shirts that bear a picture of al - Sahhaf and the slogan "We even control fashion"; and low - cost airline Ryanair produced an advertisement suggesting that the "lowest fares" claims of its rival easyJet may be as valid as al - Sahhaf's pronouncements. Under other circumstances, al - Sahhaf might have had a career in advertising. Loan Rangers Five of Germany's banking giants are planning a joint venture to sell on some of their loans to bond investors. Because the government - backed program could help the banks free...