Word: mattered
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Although The Crimson likes to spread the wealth for its Athlete of the Week, we do not have much choice in the matter when Allison Feaster dominates a basketball court the way she did this weekend...
Applying to the fund means lost economic sovereignty, which is no small matter for any country, especially a developing one in which colonialism is still a fresh memory. The fund's recommendations also mean pain for the poor and working class when governments adopt the fund's austere recommendations. Those usually include slashing budget deficits, which often means higher taxes and lower social spending, an end to subsidies on things like food and fuel, and privatization of inefficient state-owned industries, with the inevitable worker layoffs...
Beware of autobiography. An artist who draws on his own life for subject matter may, in the process of working out private demons, be unlocking major creative forces. But rummaging through that old trunk in the attic can just as easily be a sign of flagging inspiration. Of course, it may also be a smart marketing move: in the age of Oprah, a writer who abandons boring fiction in favor of juicy self-revelation is apt to win friends and influence critics...
...matter what Hersh throws out, I choose to remember Kennedy as a hero in war, as a person living a full life despite chronic pain, as a wise and thoughtful leader who understood the forces of history and as a voice of hope for the young, minorities and the underprivileged. I will remember Kennedy as a man who could have lived the life of an idle rich person but chose instead the path of public service. And I will remember him as a President who died in the service of his country. RUTH MELHEIM BRUBAKKEN Jamestown...
BARNEY'S NO LAUGHING MATTER...