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...little more than a glorified plow—failed to bear the fruits Etzler dreamed of. The Satellite and the mentality that would inspire someone to conceive of such a project is, Stoll says, “an emblem of our own assumptions.” The view of nature as having infinite resources and society as being destined to achieve ultimate prosperity by tapping those resources is the same utopian aspiration, he argues, that “the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Mall of America, and the Williams-Sonoma catalog partake...
...Concern was also raised that resident deans voting alongside their superiors might be less willing to fight for a student’s cause. Resident deans serve as the primary voice for any student in their House who has to appear for the board, regardless of their point of view on the issue, and they still have a vote on any case they defend...
...study released by Harvard political scientist Daniel Hopkins offers a more nuanced historical view. Analyzing 133 gubernatorial and Senate races between 1989 and 2006, Hopkins says the Bradley effect-which he calls the "Wilder effect," after the Virginia governor-did exist, but petered out when racially charged issues were elbowed away from the political forefront: "As racialized rhetoric about welfare and crime receded from national prominence in the mid-1990s, so did the gap between polling and performance...
Rooms with a View. Hilton has opened an outpost in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, next to the city's convention center - a sky bridge attaches the two buildings - and it's so close to Camden Yards that you can watch the Orioles play from your window and from the hotel's fitness center. The 757-room hotel is set up for conferences, with the largest ballroom in Baltimore, and meeting spaces with hi-speed Internet access and video-conferencing capabilities. If you have some spare time, the National Aquarium with 16,500 animals, including a tank full of stingrays...
...fact that it coincides with a gloomy intelligence assessment of that country's political prospects, growing demands for U.S. reinforcements in Afghanistan, and the elected Iraqi government's insistence on a withdrawal deadline, suggests that the end of the U.S. mission in Iraq may be coming into view - and that its terms may fall short of victory as defined by the war's authors...