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...your reporters, including Alex Perry and Vivienne Walt, glibly write about growing poverty in South Africa. This "conventional wisdom" is repeated in "Verbatim" [Oct. 20]. It simply isn't true. Measures of income generally show that poverty has fallen by as much as 20% over the past seven or eight years. One reason has been that employment rose considerably during the mid-2000s; another is that social-assistance programs now reach 12 million South Africans. It is true that inequality seems to have increased, but that is because of the rising incomes of the wealthy and the professional and managerial...
...conflict and sees compromise as a sign of weakness rather than a path to progress. His impulsiveness has been evident this fall in rash decisions such as selecting Sarah Palin and suspending his campaign. While his supporters call him a maverick, I call him reckless. And as the past eight years have shown, recklessness is not what we need in a President. We need someone with intelligence, composure, discipline and restraint. Robert J. Inlow, CHARLOTTESVILLE...
...readers that such a group, the Civilian Response Corps, is already coming into existence. The Corps will consist of Active, Standby and Reserve components. The Active and Standby components, which will be prepared to deploy abroad rapidly, will draw on the expertise and experience of U.S. government employees from eight departments and agencies. We are in the final planning stages for the Reserve. For Americans willing to make a commitment to service for a limited period of time, their experience with the Civilian Response Corps could change the way they see the world and, perhaps more important, change...
...regret them.There is no such free pass in Ivy League football.With just seven games of conference play, each Saturday brings a sense of urgency, each win or loss a sense of finality.We approach the home stretch of the season, and the race for first place in the Ancient Eight is tightening to suffocating proportions.So while the rest of us get Sweet n’ Nasty, visit Heaven and Hell, and then return to school not much changed, we should have a little sympathy for Harvard and the other Ivy League teams seeking that top spot. We can afford to mess...
...beating Yale on both sides [last race]. We are now looking to accomplish our next big goal, and that’s improving our standing within the league.”Last year, Harvard finished fifth in the Ivy League rankings, but should improve its standing within the Ancient Eight after today’s race.Leading the Crimson for the men is sophomore Dan Chenoweth, who has had an outstanding year thus far. An all-Ivy second team choice last year, Chenoweth has the ability to surprise many people this weekend.“Dan was the top freshman...