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Miller also explained the basic requirments for the application process, such as submitting letters of recommendation and essays. These are used to “get to know” the applicant on a more personal level, while “reinforc[ing] what others are saying about you,” Miller explained...
...world, our mothers always told us. This was helpful for putting spilled milk in perspective, but it was also our introduction to a basic human reference point. We seem to be born with an instinct that the end is out there somewhere. We have a cultural impulse to imagine it--and keep it at bay. Just as all cultures have their creation stories, so too they have their visions of the end, from the Bible to the Mayan millennial stories. Usually the fables dwell in the back of the mind, or not at all, since we go about our lives...
...German basic-cable subscribers can watch as many as 30 channels that air popular game shows like Wanna Bet? or mini-series like The Count of Monte Cristo for $10 to $20 a month, which is typically included in apartment rents. To complicate matters, German cable providers don't own the "last mile"--the wire into the home. That privilege is reserved for thousands of so-called Level 4 operators, made up of everyone from real estate companies to apartment-house owners. "The oddest part of it all is that the cable operators themselves don't get the lion...
...Palestinian side. The BBC reports that a meeting of international donors in Oslo agreed to provide $1.2 billion in aid to rebuild Palestinian infrastructure destroyed by the Israeli military campaign - and that's $800 million short of the World Bank's estimated requirement of the cost of restoring basic services. A Norwegian finance official added wanly that the international community hoped Israel would not "destroy the investment that we are financing...
...that Israel would have to end its occupation of territories conquered in 1967. But he did not address how the Palestinians could begin the necessary reforms while the Israeli military has everyone in the West Bank on lockdown. It's hard to create a democratic society (or even perform basic services like getting the trash picked up) when the tanks of an occupying army are rolling through the streets...