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...dedication to BRYE and PBHA was not a passing whim. After directing BRYE his sophomore year, Joe has risen the ranks of PBHA leadership and currently serves as the organization's president. The giving guy from my first-year dorm now heads one of our largest student organizations. His caring nature now impacts the hundreds of Harvard students involved in PBHA and the thousands of Boston and Cambridge community members who benefit from PBHA programs...
...election where public opinion is largely like a bowl of lukewarm cream of wheat, Buchanan has felt the ire and vitriol of countless columnists and commentators. While no one has risen to heights of indignation over Bush or Bradley, Buchanan has left a trail of incendiary and occasionally offensive comments from his previous two presidential runs and "off season" political columns. They range from his proposal to build a triple wall along the Mexican border patrolled by the National Guard to his new book questioning American involvement in WWII. He has pledged that, under a Buchanan regime, the "Chinese...
With his father, Sen. Albert Gore Sr., appearing on the news almost nightly--particularly because of his eloquent speeches on civil rights and military involvement in Southeast Asia--Gore's interest in television had risen...
...ongoing seven-year bull market, our nation's rich have gotten richer at the expense of the poorer half of the population. When yearly income is adjusted for inflation, the bottom half of wage-earners earn less than they did in the '70s. While the country's wealth has risen dramatically, the working class is actually worse off, disproving the theory that the rising tide lifts all boats. The yachts are cruising along quite well; the rowboats are steadily taking in water. While we boast the world's richest man, our national literacy rate is one of the worst among...
...first widely available High Yield Fund that invests only in socially responsible companies. That excludes firms that profit from firearms or tobacco. Although junk-bond funds in general have had a tough year, white-hat investing is gaining fans. Nationwide, dollars going into all socially responsible funds have risen 82% since 1997, to $2 trillion...