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...plan to work in international development—global economics is what they called it in the magazine,” Dell said. “More specifically, I hope to work with those who tend to be impeded by societal injustices—most notably women and minorities—helping them to break down structural barriers and take advantage of opportunities that they might not otherwise know about or have the support to pursue...
...lights are still bright on Broadway, but for true theatrical wattage, Chicago is now the place to go. New York City's offerings tend to be more business than show, with astronomical theater rents and rocketing production prices. But the only things soaring in Chicago are the skyscrapers. Aided by tax breaks, theater there is free to take bigger risks, and the payoff is enormous. "Here, you neither fail nor succeed," says Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls...
...problems, rather than ducking, or covering up. They make improvements rather than excuses. They work hard. They do their jobs. They prepare. Connecticut’s championship women’s basketball teams face practices that are harder than games, e.g. playing 5 against 8. Those who are slipping tend to lash out, blame others, whine and complain and neglect preparation and practice...
...collapsed. Marine commanders say the unit is aiding the same rebels it was formed to fight. As a result, the city has become the country's most conspicuous "no go" zone for U.S. troops. American commanders can do little more than target the insurgent strongholds with air strikes, which tend also to kill civilians...
...pastoral ways of life. These people make little representational art, yet it's hard not to hear an elegiac note in their clay figurines of cows and camels. They're made by Darfur children, says museum spokes-woman Hannah Boulton, "who dream of the large herds they will tend when they grow up." The objects in the main exhibition, which runs through Jan. 9, 2005, tell an important story about a place where for millennia the cultures of Central Africa and the Mediterranean have met and sometimes clashed. These items, mostly from recent excavations and on display outside Sudan...