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...implemented a more aggressive strategy, heavily garrisoning urban entry points and pushing migrants into the desert in the hope of halting crossings. It hasn’t worked. Instead, the undocumented immigrant population has ballooned to 12 million, while the causes of emigration from Mexico persist...
...detailed report by IBISWorld stated, “Although concerns over the safety of nuclear power plants, especially relating to waste disposal, are likely to persist, rising concern over climate change is expected to improve the image of nuclear power.” This is indeed proving to be the case, with two-thirds of self-described environmentalists now declaring in favor of nuclear energy. All told, 67 percent of all Americans are now positively disposed toward constructing new nuclear power plants, with 46 percent emphatically...
Last night, as a guest of the Harvard Writers at Work Lecture Series, Gawande questioned how these critical—but preventable—errors persist in his own field: medicine...
...family’s] goal is really to solidify the club so judo can persist after we leave,” he said. “We tried to just raise awareness that judo is out there, and if you want to be able to compete at a national level … you can do all that by joining the judo club...
...rarely offers a single answer to the questions they present, and thus in interpreting the past, we must not view historical interpretations as inherently antagonistic to each other. The debate involving the Texas Board will eventually subside, but the bigger issue regarding the way we perceive our history will persist...