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...Pennsylvania is a lot whiter than California or Virginia, and older and home to, percentage-wise, more native-born residents, folks who don't much like change," Baer wrote on Oct. 21. "And I believe there's a 'cracker factor' - we've never elected a black nonjudicial statewide candidate - and I believe that's why McCain is here." Former Gov. Tom Ridge, a McCain supporter, dismisses talk that the election will turn predominantly on race, saying Rendell and Murtha and others "characterize the state unfairly...
...great job of providing that.” “You can imagine,” he added, “what it would be like if Eliot, Kirkland, and Winthrop could be connected and all have access to the same resources. I think that was very wise of them.” Several group members also said they returned to Harvard with a reassured confidence in Harvard’s residential House model. “For me,” said Colin T. Flood ’09, a member of the House Planning Program Committee...
...Engdahl] said many things out of frustration at the end of an interview...that were not wise,” Wästberg said. “I regret that...
...Policymakers, developmental economists, and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) would be wise to note the Planeteers’ two most salient lessons. First, the human race has never been in harmony with nor entirely an enemy of nature, but rather has oscillated somewhere in between. We are too weak to forgo exercising power over other life forms, but strong enough not to be indifferent. The second lesson, trite as it may seem, is that human ingenuity and creative collaboration can overcome problems of exploitation and steer a sustainable cultivation of the planet...
...continue to battle global warming and other dangers, as Al Gore ’69 strikes his silly messianic pose, and as the generation that watched sappy early 90s cartoons comes into its own, it would be wise to remember the lessons of the noble Captain Planet: Dauntless thinking-outside-the-box, teamwork, and being a participant in the world’s growth rather than an enemy fighting for its resources, can overcome even our most formidable problems. The power is YOURS...