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Both men served for eight years in the Illinois legislature, and both spent only a few years in the U.S. Senate before running for President. Furthermore, as Obama’s campaign whispers slyly to us, the parallels between the two go beyond mere coincidence into the two men’s core creeds. You see, Lincoln wanted peace and harmony in a divided America, and now Obama, against all odds, also wants peace and harmony...
...this efficiency-driven environment, sleep is viewed as a time-waster demanding minimization. The rare night of more than six hours of good sleep leaves us with a nagging sensation that we could have better spent our time. When weighing the marginal utility of an hour of sleep against powering through the rest of that Ec 10 problem set, you know which option always wins. Even if all those graphs and data have evaporated from our sleep-starved brains the next week, at least we got a check plus...
Leone will be the third Crimson coach in as many years. He is replacing Erica Walsh, who spent just one year with the Crimson before entering her resignation in February to become the third Penn State coach in history. She had replaced coach Stephanie Erickson who left for Northwestern after the 2005 season...
...process. Every job has its dues that you have to pay, and that’s what it is for music.' Jackiw has performed with orchestras around the world. While traveling can be exhausting, Jackiw tries to make the best of it. 'This past summer I spent a month doing a tour of China and Japan, which was amazing. But at the same time, when you’re by yourself for a month, it’s difficult to go out and decide, “Alright, I’m in Beijing, I don’t speak...
...devout family in Mashad, Iran's shrine city; he ended up being snared by a young woman of little religious conviction, who happily assumed greater propriety and more modest dress to cement the match. Most recently, I met the girlfriend of a bohemian but pious painter; she had spent half her life unveiled in London, but donned the full-length black chador to satisfy his expectations. She still says "Ciao!" when leaving the room, and seems at ease in her new reincarnation. The hejab marriage prerogative also works in reverse. When one of my lightly religious relatives married a woman...