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...where corporations are reluctant, America’s corporate leaders are stepping in to fill the void...
...best ratio of any state), New Hampshire has a proud tradition of hyper-representative government, but as in the rest of the country, many of its citizens are apathetic about politics. By simply showing up and speaking out at public meetings, the Free Staters are filling the participatory void. They helped block a statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants and joined forces with elements of the two main parties to pressure the statehouse to vote down a pilot program for a national ID card...
...know how to read the transcripts,” says Polk. This induced confusion about colleges’ expectations and, when coupled with larger applicant pools and overworked guidance counselors, left students and parents bewildered about the application process, across the spectrum.A new breed stepped in to fill the void. College consultants, many with admissions committee experience, claim to clarify it.Keith A. Berman, a doctoral student who is researching the effect of the new SAT on elite college admissions at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, told the Columbia Spectator in April that a full 25 percent of applicants...
...literature, we keep our culture from descending into a nihilistic, materialistic abyss, reminding man of his higher spiritual yearnings and his endless possibilities. This is especially important in an age in which the world seems to be splintering into factions of secularists and religious fundamentalists; literature must fill the void that the death of God has created...
...short plan contained in “Out of Iraq” does have its provocative parts. McGovern and Polk call for releasing all prisoners of war and closing of all detention centers, withdrawing American forces from the Green Zone, and allowing the Iraqi government to void petroleum contracts signed by the American-run government. But the plan quickly slides into clichés, advocating such things as more funding for Iraqi civil society, more humanitarian assistance, and a greater role for intergovernmental institutions...