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...social situations and pressures students actually encounter, and how its policies might affect their circumstances. Instead, its modus operandi is to demand instant, mandatory meetings with group leaders, present them with vague accusations, and refuse to present specific or helpful evidence to deal with the “problem...
...American anxiety about higher education is about more than just cost. The deeper problem is a widespread lack of understanding and agreement about what universities ought to do and be. Universities are curious institutions with varied purposes that they have neither clearly articulated nor adequately justified. Resulting public confusion, at a time when higher education has come to seem an indispensable social resource, has produced a torrent of demands for greater “accountability” from colleges and universities...
...blowing smoke from her crotch while the jukebox in the next room played ‘Satisfaction’ by the Rolling Stones.” However, a few potent images cannot carry a novel like they can a short story. And that is the problem with the work: Johnson relies too much on images and respects plot too little. The plot is seemingly dormant throughout, nascent and budding but never fully developed. To attempt a summary is impossible. The book splays out like a carpet of smoke, following a plethora of characters through the war. It recounts each one?...
...look forward to the future, what is the one problem that you want to see solved (i.e. global warming, health care, the war in Iraq)? --Jonah Eaton, Laurel, Md.As a teacher, the most important thing is that all kids get a quality education. There are millions of kids that aren't in school. When I was in Latin America, I met many kids, including Ana, who were forced to drop out of school. Ana had to when she became pregnant. Education is what breaks the cycles of poverty, illness and abuse. If all kids around the world could...
...problem, however, continues to be a lack of consensus about Plan B. Focus on the Family's James Dobson did his best to knock off Fred Thompson as the least bad alternative to Rudy, in an e-mail to supporters that cited Thompson's lackluster rhetorical skills and questionable ideological commitment. But the real gauntlet DeMoss was throwing down was against the purists who favor an evangelical true believer like Sam Brownback or Huckabee or a Third Party Candidate To Be Named Later...