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...will quickly see that the other Iraq isn't so far away. Some 150,000 displaced Iraqi Arabs have taken refuge in Kurdistan from the conflict in the central and southern parts of the country. Kurdish officials require Iraqi Arabs trying to enter Kurdistan to have a Kurdish resident vouch for their character. As a result, the Arab refugee population is largely middle class, with a preponderance of doctors, lawyers and other professionals...
...pass with extra work, I had done irreparable damage in my other class and was bound for a failing grade and potential administrative action. My freshman dean e-mailed me that if I wanted the best chance in front of the Ad Board, then I should have a professional vouch for me with “an assessment of the effect your issues had on your ability to manage your academic work.” In an attempt to save myself, I attended a one-shot meeting with a UHS mental health provider I had never met and bared...
...quickly see that the other Iraq isn't so far away. Some 150,000 displaced Iraqi Arabs have taken refuge in Kurdistan from the conflict in the central and southern parts of the country. Kurdish officials require Arab Iraqis trying to enter Kurdistan to have a Kurdish resident vouch for their character. As a result, the Arab refugee population is largely middle class, with a glut of doctors, lawyers and other professionals. But as the number of newcomers swells, tensions are rising. Not many Kurds forget the years of repression from Iraq's Arab majority, and many now blame Arabs...
...what about Sarbanes-Oxley, the 2002 law enacted to prevent Enron-style scandals? Among other burdens, it requires financial statements so squeaky clean that a company's chief executive and financial officers can vouch for their accuracy. Corporate executives estimate that the law has cost U.S. companies tens of billions of dollars in extra auditing fees and other expenses...
...high-definition TVs, even the more affordable 720p sets, and I can vouch for the fact that whether they're on Blu-ray or HD DVD, movies look much better than they do on standard DVDs. Pop in the Blu-ray edition of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby that comes with the PS3, and you're blown away by the detail (and by how old and pockmarked Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly look up close). Likewise, load up the copy of Peter Jackson's King Kong that ships with the Xbox HD DVD player, fast forward...