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...these ideas were banal nearly 30 years ago, they seem even more so in the context of today's habitually ugly headlines. It is curious, then, why anyone would tackle a remake of the film without having come up with anything more insightful to say about the nature of evil. Nevertheless, In Cold Blood the mini-series arrives this week...
...joys and disappointments of social service deserve separate, indepth treatment. I am personally very curious to hear other stories like that of both Professor Faith Adiele '86-'87 and Elizabeth Tomlinson '99; I recall having conversations with directors of PBHA summer camps in which they expresser doubt about accomplishing much more than "keeping kids off the streets." Yet they felt that even that much was a significant contribution to our world. I would also love to hear what the beneficiaries of our programs have to say. If the author wants to determine the efficacy of PBHA, it would behoove...
...joys and disappointments of social service deserve separate, indepth treatment. I am personally very curious to hear other stories like that of both Professor Adiele and Ms. Tomlinson; I recall having conversations with directors of PBHA summer camps in which they expressed doubt about accomplishing much more than "keeping kids off the streets." Yet they felt even that much was a significant contribution to our world. I would also love to hear what the beneficiaries of our programs have to say. If the author wants to determine the efficacy of PBHA, it would behoove her to ask those whom...
...colleagues cast indignant scrutiny on the most ornate of the foreign-money controversies, in which donors connected with an Indonesian conglomerate gave large sums to the D.N.C. While no money-for-favors linkage was immediately apparent, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Republicans called for a probe into the curious circumstances. Among them: Last year the White House sent a routine get-well card to Hashim Ning, co-founder and major shareholder of the Lippo Group, a $6 billion insurance, banking and real estate empire controlled by Indonesian patriarch Mochtar Riady. Not long after the card was received, Hashim...
...almost an hour, I felt downcast and angered. But I was also curious. What were these people like, who would address someone they did not know in such callous terms? Why me? Were Brian and Adam really two different people? Tempted, I sent back a brief reply to Adam, stating that his problem was a lack of love and attention...