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...dean by some. Indeed, this praise and enthusiasm from her student body earned her a well-deserved celebration of her work as dean in February 2007. Dean Kagan’s tenure has been distinguished by much success, with Sunstein’s appointment being only the capstone. We wish her the best of luck in future endeavors, and hope to see similar accomplishments in the future...
...wearing out their gear at an unprecedented rate. So, it's no surprise that the nation's ground-pounders would be seeking the most from the ever-cooperative members of the House Armed Services Committee. For years, that Pentagon-pleasing panel has asked the services to send it a wish list - lawmakers prefer to call it an "unfunded requirements list" - of budget items they desire but which have not been approved by their penny-pinching civilian overseers, i.e. the Defense Secretary and the President...
...addition to more F-22 fighters, the Air Force's wish list also seeks more F-35 fighters (needed for "the Required Force"), more C-130 and C-17 cargo planes ("Part of Required Force"), and more unmanned Global Hawk drones (these would merely "Support Required Force"). Unmanned aircraft are supposed to be cheaper, but the price tag on these runs more than $120 million apiece. More than $1 billion is being sought for 11 passenger planes, seven of them Gulfstream Vs favored by Apple's Steve Jobs and Sir Elton John (no mention of any Required Force justification here...
...shows, conservative Islamic scholars have accused her of encouraging young people to experiment with sex. "This is unrealistic," she counters, "because the youth experiment anyway, but based on wrong information and misconceptions." And that brings suffering to their family and society. "I don't mind being criticized, but I wish someone would criticize me to my face," she stresses. "I am very proud of what I am doing. I am not ashamed...
...ever wish you'd finished college? -Rafi Katz, Silver Spring, MD.I'm just not that type of person. As soon as I got out of the womb I was ready to do this. Then there's other times-I'm not really high-tech computer-savvy, and there's some things that I do have weaknesses with. I don't know if school would have made that better for me. I'm cool with the way I've turned...