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Literary Scene |
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May 2012 |
Going to school was like going from grey to grey, concrete to concrete, boring to boring. Our life was waiting in line for bread and toilet paper. I had never experienced biting into a fresh vegetable because our stores were vacant most of the time. |
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Education |
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May 2012 |
The Federal government's track record in education: no improvement shown by students at a cost of billions and billions of dollars. |
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Mass Media |
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The beauty of "High Noon" and "Kiss Me Deadly," as in all art that taps into universal truths, is that the viewer could miss every metaphorical McCarthy-era Cold War subtext and still savor the films on a purely mind candy entertainment level. |
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Focus on Music |
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I just didn't fit. I was running through a maze. Rock and roll was never a hobby. It was a reason to live. It was the only one I had. |
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Political Landscape |
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The Obama Administration and its Justice Department are in dereliction of their responsibilities, being the oblivious cops on the beat while one of the biggest heists ever continues to pick billions out of our collective pockets. |
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Economics |
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May 2012 |
Somehow, my stock certificates, electronic accounts, and insurance policies do not generate the same sense of pride and connection to my country's history as the gold American Eagle and Buffalo coins that I own. |
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Spiritualism |
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May 2012 |
When the computer announced 30 seconds till touchdown, and still no sight of the runway, the copilot turned to the pilot and said, "The computer's joking, right?" |
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Religion |
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May 2012 |
Answers, comfort, and healing do come, if we remain open to their arrival. We have only to wait. |
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National Affairs |
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Public sector unions have become a vanguard movement within liberalism. There is no connection between effort and reward. You are guaranteed your job and a salary increase. There is a kind of bureaucratic equality. |
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Medicine & Health |
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May 2012 |
Caps on damages would reduce physicians' and insurance carriers' incentives to keep track of and reduce practice risk. |
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Law & Justice |
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Disciplinary action was referred back to the very same people who violated the agency's primary mission, policy, and law in the first place. The US Attorney and Inspector General were asking the National Park Service to discipline itself. |
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Real Estate |
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May 2012 |
Whether you remodel or move to a new home, it is a big decision, both financially and emotionally. |
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Life in America |
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May 2012 |
When public policy issue debate leads to nasty, irrelevant personal attack, as mandated insurance for contraception has in the case of Rush Limbaugh, opponents will turn the issue to the untowardness of the attack and ignore the points at issue. |
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Law & Justice |
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May 2012 |
Until we treat Federal agencies as equal before the law with those they accuse, we never will see justice meted out with impartiality. |
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Medicine & Health |
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May 2012 |
Many stroke survivors feel alienated and alone. The physical, emotional, and mental devastation that accompany a stroke, and the hard work and dedication that go into recuperation, are unlike any other medical experience. |
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Athletic Arena |
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May 2012 |
Today, too many people play the race card so casually and with so little thought; they would do well to remember the determination and humility displayed by those who really did have something to complain about. |
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Public Policy |
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May 2012 |
The Democrats and their reform proposals for Federal land management fail to address the underlying problems that have contributed to regulatory dysfunction. They veer off into tangential campaigns against oil imports, consumption, & climate change. |
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Museums Today |
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May 2012 |
This powerful exhibition explores this classical theme and its place in the development of modern art. |
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Ecology |
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May 2012 |
While water reuse cannot address all of the nation's water challenges, its potential to expand our existing, increasingly strained water supply to meet growing demand makes resue a critical part of any viable solution. |
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Medicine & Health |
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May 2012 |
Making the appointments took hours. Call. Get transferred. Transferred again. Wrong department. Get disconnected. Get an appointment months away. Get primary doctor to call to make it sooner. Call back. Lunch break. Transferred. Wrong department. |
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