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...into the existing trend. Our campus culture emphasizes quantifiable achievement as exemplified by test scores, grades, colleges and status occupations. Students reached Harvard by succeeding on quantifiable terms; many of us have been trained from early on to think of careers first and families second. These measures of success tend to discount the rewards and achievements that come from being a member of a community or a family. Harvard’s measures of success have gained meaning in our culture as the perceived value of a rich family life and personal fulfillment through social activity has declined...
...hard to say. On the one hand, midterm elections do tend to go against the party of the sitting President. And some Democrats may see Jeffords? move as a shot in the arm for their candidates...
...under Self Timer, a parent company that Stipe heads, and both focus on low-budget films. "I refer to what we do as 'under the radar,'" says McKay, who directed Our Song, a C-Hundred film with a budget of under $500,000. Single Cell's films tend to have bigger stars; 13 Conversations features Matthew McConaughey and Amy Irving...
...also holds stock in nearby Dolphin Cove, a natural lagoon surrounded by palm trees where children with disabilities interact with the sea mammals. Orlando's Discovery Cove has three man-made lagoons, seven holding pools, a medical pool for sick animals and a staff of 70-plus workers to tend to the needs of 30 dolphins...
...That's normally the case. They're behind closed doors so that they can speak freely, but at these sorts of events the cardinals tend to be somewhat on their guard. There were rumors today that someone in the meeting had called for a third Vatican Council, but that couldn't be confirmed. That's an issue that periodically resurfaces in Rome...