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...golly, what a job he has done. His concession to John McCain Tuesday night capped off a remarkable year-long odyssey that took the nation and Iowa by storm, defied the expectations of his critics and, ultimately, help set the stage for McCain's nomination. "We started this effort with very little recognition and virtually no resources," Huckabee deadpanned from a hotel ballroom in Irving, Texas, as he took his final bow. "We ended with slightly more recognition and very few resources...
...involvement in the exhibit. “The line had to change,” he adds.Greenvald’s testimony stands in contrast to Asher A. Fredman’s ’08 reflections on his military service. Fredman, a Harvard student who took a year-long leave of absence to serve in the Israeli military voluntarily, offers a different perspective of military life in the occupied territories. The experience of protecting family and friends was a rewarding one, he says. “There is the potential for moments of both moral lapses and great pride...
That's about average in Spain these days. The rate of broken marriages has risen steadily since Spain legalized divorce in 1981. But a 2005 reform that removed such obstacles as a ? mandatory year-long separation prior to the granting of a divorce has caused those numbers to skyrocket. Spain now has one divorce for every 2.3 marriages - an increase of 74% in the past two years alone...
...removing obstacles such as the mandatory year-long separation, the 2005 reform - which some have dubbed "express divorce" - has not only made it easier to end an unhappy marriage, but has made the country's divorce rate one of the highest in the European Union. For the Catholic Church, the dramatic increase in divorces underlines the threat posed by the Socialist government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. At a December rally in Madrid to "defend the Christian family," Cardinal Augustín García-Gasco lambasted Socialist initiatives, saying, "The culture of radical laicism...
...Harvard, the closest most students get to a free lunch is HUDS. But Phillipa “Pippa” G. Eccles ’09 has been granted a year-long reprieve from oft-dreary Harvard dining—she’s just been named b.good’s Customer of the Year...