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...history, change has happened because of you,” he said. “And today is no different.” Obama pointed out that he is one of the few senators who opposed the war in Iraq, and he said that, if elected, he would gradually withdraw American troops from combat zones. By the end of his first term in office, Obama promised that all Americans would have universal health care. The audience gave Obama a standing ovation when he mentioned Darfur, saying that he would “end the genocide” with international help...
...concern for profit does not make Second Life a good teaching tool, even though companies have claimed to use it as such. In an effort to teach young people how to manage money, Wells Fargo & Co. created an amusement park island on Second Life in 2005 where users could withdraw money from ATMs. Underlying this supposedly instructive intent, was, of course, Wells Fargo product placement. Overemphasis on profit and self-interest is indicative of larger problems in Second Life...
...longer a secret, so I went to her office and tried to explain my situation. I left with the relief tempered by a new kind of desperation, as I thought that I would likely fail one or two classes and that the ad board would require me to withdraw for a year. I couldn’t imagine a more embarrassing and frightening consequence than being forced to leave my life at Harvard.Though one of my professors arranged a way for me to pass with extra work, I had done irreparable damage in my other class and was bound...
...shall die in the mountains / In whatever way / We shall die beside the Emperor." Visiting Americans also get a novel take on history in the museum's explanation that because the U.S. imposed heavy sanctions on Japan in 1941 and called on it to withdraw from China, Tokyo had no choice but to start the Pacific...
...says; all that’s required is one more “surge” of effort. But the harder we struggle, it seems, the quicker we sink. The only palatable solution is an orderly, well-planned draw down of troops that will ultimately culminate with a withdrawal. But President George W. Bush is unwilling to admit failure, and Congress does not have the wherewithal to force him to. Indeed, even if they could, legislating military strategy would be imprudent. We have reached an impasse, and the options do not look good. On one hand, Congress could...