Word: virginia
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...these alert systems on university campuses has expanded dramatically since the Virginia Tech shooting last spring. Administrators there received criticism for not immediately informing students and employees when the shooting began...
...Donahue got involved when Young said he wanted to meet Ralph Nader, and Donahue, a Nader friend, came along. But the political hero of Body of War is Byrd, nine-term Virginia Senator and, in his 20s, an Exalted Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan. Though the Senator and the soldier might seem to have little in common, they are bonded by their opposition to the occupation, and their meeting serves an apt climax to the film. Byrd is near 90 now, and he walks with difficulty; as Young says, "I see we've both got some mobility issues." Together...
...Fitzsimmons said. “Other institutions will evaluate what happens each year, and we’ll see down the road whether other institutions might choose [to change their policies].” Harvard ended its early admission program on September 12, 2006. Princeton and the University of Virginia followed suit within the next few weeks. Yet the move was rejected by both Yale and Stanford, and was criticized in The New York Times by Stanford Provost John Etchemendy. Fitzsimmons has repeatedly said that one of the major goals of the move is to attract students from lower income...
...There are particular demands to a star's job - basically, to be photographed looking great while pretending to be other people - but it's not exactly coal-mining in West Virginia. So some of them give back to the world that gave them so much; Clooney, whom I'd call the exemplary Hollywood star, has been especially generous in lending his aura to well-chosen issues and charities. The top actors also appear in films that are, in their subject matter and their underdog status in the commercial movie universe, their own worthy causes. That's what brought Reese...
...remaining forces, Pentagon officials report, will give the Army some badly needed margin to rest and retrain its brigades, but only a little. Some officers at the Pentagon want deeper cuts - and want them sooner - believing that the surge will keep the Army stretched too thin for too long. Virginia Senator John Warner, who is as close to the admirals and generals as anyone on Capitol Hill, cast his lot with this faction when he called recently for a reduction of 5,000 troops this year. Such a move would be more symbolic than real, changing little on the ground...