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I wouldn't be on the planet now if it weren't for Wellbutrin, which I've taken for nearly 20 years. I am grateful for every single day. It gives me back my emotional balance in a way that talk therapy couldn't, long-term. It's not that it makes me happy-it doesn't. My life is still a human life, with all of its trials ...
emotional well-being
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I wouldn't be on the planet now if it weren't for Wellbutrin, which I've taken for nearly 20 years. I am grateful for every single day. It gives me back my emotional balance in a way that talk therapy couldn't, long-term. It's not that it makes me happy-it doesn't. My life is still a human life, with all of its trials ...
medicine
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I wouldn't be on the planet now if it weren't for Wellbutrin, which I've taken for nearly 20 years. I am grateful for every single day. It gives me back my emotional balance in a way that talk therapy couldn't, long-term. It's not that it makes me happy-it doesn't. My life is still a human life, with all of its trials ...
wellbutrin
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I wouldn't be on the planet now if it weren't for Wellbutrin, which I've taken for nearly 20 years. I am grateful for every single day. It gives me back my emotional balance in a way that talk therapy couldn't, long-term. It's not that it makes me happy-it doesn't. My life is still a human life, with all of its trials ...
human life
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Does Israel have any oil to sell to the US. If not, a more balenced foreign policy in the Middle East is required. The world' oil supply, the is conventional oil is on a slippery plateau. High oil prices do not help the economy. Lowering Middle East tensions would ease oil prices. Sorry to be so Machiavellian, but that...
israel
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Does Israel have any oil to sell to the US. If not, a more balenced foreign policy in the Middle East is required. The world' oil supply, the is conventional oil is on a slippery plateau. High oil prices do not help the economy. Lowering Middle East tensions would ease oil prices. Sorry to be so Machiavellian, but that...
oil
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Does Israel have any oil to sell to the US. If not, a more balenced foreign policy in the Middle East is required. The world' oil supply, the is conventional oil is on a slippery plateau. High oil prices do not help the economy. Lowering Middle East tensions would ease oil prices. Sorry to be so Machiavellian, but that...
oil prices
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Does Israel have any oil to sell to the US. If not, a more balenced foreign policy in the Middle East is required. The world' oil supply, the is conventional oil is on a slippery plateau. High oil prices do not help the economy. Lowering Middle East tensions would ease oil prices. Sorry to be so Machiavellian, but that...
economy
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
hamas-fatah unity
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
hamas
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
palestinian peace
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
mideast peace
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
peace politics
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
usa
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Of course what could go wrong. Hamas is just like any other political group peace loving and giving! What a fantasy. And I like the way peace is always about finding. Millions have been poured into the Palestinian cause by its fellow Arabs unfortunately most of it has been for arms and continued war very little for eco...
hamas
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The Cuban Embargo has been a tragic farce for decades. Ever since the USA normalized relations with China and Russia our continued lack of normal relations with Cuba has stood out as one of the worst and most hypocritical policy decisions ever made by the USA. If we finally change this policy it will be one a wonderful...
sanctions
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The Cuban Embargo has been a tragic farce for decades. Ever since the USA normalized relations with China and Russia our continued lack of normal relations with Cuba has stood out as one of the worst and most hypocritical policy decisions ever made by the USA. If we finally change this policy it will be one a wonderful...
cuban embargo
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The Cuban Embargo has been a tragic farce for decades. Ever since the USA normalized relations with China and Russia our continued lack of normal relations with Cuba has stood out as one of the worst and most hypocritical policy decisions ever made by the USA. If we finally change this policy it will be one a wonderful...
the u.s.
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The Cuban Embargo has been a tragic farce for decades. Ever since the USA normalized relations with China and Russia our continued lack of normal relations with Cuba has stood out as one of the worst and most hypocritical policy decisions ever made by the USA. If we finally change this policy it will be one a wonderful...
cuban embargo
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The Cuban Embargo has been a tragic farce for decades. Ever since the USA normalized relations with China and Russia our continued lack of normal relations with Cuba has stood out as one of the worst and most hypocritical policy decisions ever made by the USA. If we finally change this policy it will be one a wonderful...
cuban embargo
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The Cuban Embargo has been a tragic farce for decades. Ever since the USA normalized relations with China and Russia our continued lack of normal relations with Cuba has stood out as one of the worst and most hypocritical policy decisions ever made by the USA. If we finally change this policy it will be one a wonderful...
national relationships
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I am confused. I was under the impression she helped people who were suffering because they were ill and unable to help themselves because they were poor. I thought she fed them and provided help to cure their illnesses. Now it seems to me from these articles that she did not provide the help I thought she had. If this...
mother teresa
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I am confused. I was under the impression she helped people who were suffering because they were ill and unable to help themselves because they were poor. I thought she fed them and provided help to cure their illnesses. Now it seems to me from these articles that she did not provide the help I thought she had. If this...
helping those who suffer
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I am confused. I was under the impression she helped people who were suffering because they were ill and unable to help themselves because they were poor. I thought she fed them and provided help to cure their illnesses. Now it seems to me from these articles that she did not provide the help I thought she had. If this...
mother teresa
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I am confused. I was under the impression she helped people who were suffering because they were ill and unable to help themselves because they were poor. I thought she fed them and provided help to cure their illnesses. Now it seems to me from these articles that she did not provide the help I thought she had. If this...
people who are not what they claim
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I am confused. I was under the impression she helped people who were suffering because they were ill and unable to help themselves because they were poor. I thought she fed them and provided help to cure their illnesses. Now it seems to me from these articles that she did not provide the help I thought she had. If this...
discovering that a woman who was a saint was not as helpful as had been expected
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The question was: Is the world becoming safer? I grew up in a time of air raid drills and ducking-and-covering under my desk at school. A time of the Missiles of October, when the whole world held its breath to see whether the Russian fleet would turn from the blockade. We may have small scale conflict around the world...
conflict
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The question was: Is the world becoming safer? I grew up in a time of air raid drills and ducking-and-covering under my desk at school. A time of the Missiles of October, when the whole world held its breath to see whether the Russian fleet would turn from the blockade. We may have small scale conflict around the world...
feeling safe in our world
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The question was: Is the world becoming safer? I grew up in a time of air raid drills and ducking-and-covering under my desk at school. A time of the Missiles of October, when the whole world held its breath to see whether the Russian fleet would turn from the blockade. We may have small scale conflict around the world...
russia
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The question was: Is the world becoming safer? I grew up in a time of air raid drills and ducking-and-covering under my desk at school. A time of the Missiles of October, when the whole world held its breath to see whether the Russian fleet would turn from the blockade. We may have small scale conflict around the world...
safer world
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Banks have to make their profits somewhere. Overdraft fees were very lucrative (if unsavory). The additional fees we're seeing now are a direct result of the decreased profitability around overdrafts. Consumers really didn't understand the extent to which overdraftees were propping up the free checking account for te r...
fees
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Banks have to make their profits somewhere. Overdraft fees were very lucrative (if unsavory). The additional fees we're seeing now are a direct result of the decreased profitability around overdrafts. Consumers really didn't understand the extent to which overdraftees were propping up the free checking account for te r...
bank
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
foreign language classes
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
learning another language
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
travel
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
mandatory in college
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
education
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
language requirements in school
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
learning a language
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
language
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Without relevant travel, learning a language neither occurs nor is relevant to later life. Let's require a semester abroad or gap year to go with that language requirement. And let's fund it so it is not only the rich who benefit.
travel
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
public universities
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
college tuition
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
public university enrollment
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
college affordability
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
paying for college
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
in-state students
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
lower in-state tuition by charging foreign students more
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
public universities
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It seems to me that two things could happen, to make it easier for in-state students to attend public universities. . First, the universities could go from a two tiered; to a three tiered tuition model. Instead of in-state and out-of-state, it could be in-state, out-of-state and foreign. The foreign tuition could be al...
college education pricing tiers
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Why wasn't Reed College in Oregon not included in this discussion? As long as I can remember, this elite liberal arts college in Oregon has advertised its non-participation in intercollegiate athletics, offering only intramural sports. Theirs, I believe, is an ideological choice (and one with which I agree). I believe ...
sports program in undergraduate schools
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Why wasn't Reed College in Oregon not included in this discussion? As long as I can remember, this elite liberal arts college in Oregon has advertised its non-participation in intercollegiate athletics, offering only intramural sports. Theirs, I believe, is an ideological choice (and one with which I agree). I believe ...
college sports
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Why wasn't Reed College in Oregon not included in this discussion? As long as I can remember, this elite liberal arts college in Oregon has advertised its non-participation in intercollegiate athletics, offering only intramural sports. Theirs, I believe, is an ideological choice (and one with which I agree). I believe ...
reed college
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Ranking, per se, is unnecessary, and it would force colleges and induce students to focus on a single score rather than education. But more information is needed about the value of the educational experience each college provides. The government would do well to develop indexes of various kinds of student achievement. ...
grade colleges
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Ranking, per se, is unnecessary, and it would force colleges and induce students to focus on a single score rather than education. But more information is needed about the value of the educational experience each college provides. The government would do well to develop indexes of various kinds of student achievement. ...
ranking colleges
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Ranking, per se, is unnecessary, and it would force colleges and induce students to focus on a single score rather than education. But more information is needed about the value of the educational experience each college provides. The government would do well to develop indexes of various kinds of student achievement. ...
university
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There is a false perception that the highly qualified foreign workers are cheaper than the American ones. The workers on visa are required to have a salary at least as high as the American ones, and they also get pension and stock options. Moreover, they can only be hired if no American worker is willing to take that p...
immigration
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There is a false perception that the highly qualified foreign workers are cheaper than the American ones. The workers on visa are required to have a salary at least as high as the American ones, and they also get pension and stock options. Moreover, they can only be hired if no American worker is willing to take that p...
illegal immigration
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There is a false perception that the highly qualified foreign workers are cheaper than the American ones. The workers on visa are required to have a salary at least as high as the American ones, and they also get pension and stock options. Moreover, they can only be hired if no American worker is willing to take that p...
foreign
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Librarians might find some protection if they were to get back in the classroom and teach a course for credit on research methods. Most school librarians are already certified teachers, so this would not be a difficult transition. Librarians are involved in classroom instruction, but usually in the classroom of another...
school librarians
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Librarians might find some protection if they were to get back in the classroom and teach a course for credit on research methods. Most school librarians are already certified teachers, so this would not be a difficult transition. Librarians are involved in classroom instruction, but usually in the classroom of another...
librarian
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Librarians might find some protection if they were to get back in the classroom and teach a course for credit on research methods. Most school librarians are already certified teachers, so this would not be a difficult transition. Librarians are involved in classroom instruction, but usually in the classroom of another...
librarians as teachers
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Librarians might find some protection if they were to get back in the classroom and teach a course for credit on research methods. Most school librarians are already certified teachers, so this would not be a difficult transition. Librarians are involved in classroom instruction, but usually in the classroom of another...
library research
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Re: Drones and "We should be ashamed of what has been visited on Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder what else will be added to that collective shame in the name of hallowed national security." Please learn some history. Humans have not, and do not, reconcile through reason. You know the list. ...
attacts
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Re: Drones and "We should be ashamed of what has been visited on Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder what else will be added to that collective shame in the name of hallowed national security." Please learn some history. Humans have not, and do not, reconcile through reason. You know the list. ...
drone
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Does the Center for Immigration Studies actually study or conduct research on anything, immigration or otherwise? I don't think so. So why is this group, which contrary to actual principles of research and study has already drawn its conclusions, invited to give comment on a perfectly legitimate question? I am a libera...
center for immigration studies
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Does the Center for Immigration Studies actually study or conduct research on anything, immigration or otherwise? I don't think so. So why is this group, which contrary to actual principles of research and study has already drawn its conclusions, invited to give comment on a perfectly legitimate question? I am a libera...
employing immigrants
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Does the Center for Immigration Studies actually study or conduct research on anything, immigration or otherwise? I don't think so. So why is this group, which contrary to actual principles of research and study has already drawn its conclusions, invited to give comment on a perfectly legitimate question? I am a libera...
immigration's effect on economy
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Does the Center for Immigration Studies actually study or conduct research on anything, immigration or otherwise? I don't think so. So why is this group, which contrary to actual principles of research and study has already drawn its conclusions, invited to give comment on a perfectly legitimate question? I am a libera...
employment
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
a gateway drug
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
marijuana use
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
gateway drugs
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
marijuana
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
marijuana use
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
marijuana
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
marijuana legalization
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Perhaps we should look to the legal drugs that proceed marijuana use, like tobacco, nicotine and alcohol? And perhaps we should looks to where the current new opiate addicts get their starts with opiates? That would be your friendly local physician and pain clinics. The role of pot as a gateway drug has little statisti...
social effects
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Studies and statistics have shown that felons who have regained the right to vote and actively engage in the voting process are significantly less likely to reoffend. On that alone, society benefits. Based on past standards for disenfranchisement, neither George W. Bush or Dick Cheney would have been able to vote in ye...
felons
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Studies and statistics have shown that felons who have regained the right to vote and actively engage in the voting process are significantly less likely to reoffend. On that alone, society benefits. Based on past standards for disenfranchisement, neither George W. Bush or Dick Cheney would have been able to vote in ye...
politics
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Studies and statistics have shown that felons who have regained the right to vote and actively engage in the voting process are significantly less likely to reoffend. On that alone, society benefits. Based on past standards for disenfranchisement, neither George W. Bush or Dick Cheney would have been able to vote in ye...
voting rights
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Studies and statistics have shown that felons who have regained the right to vote and actively engage in the voting process are significantly less likely to reoffend. On that alone, society benefits. Based on past standards for disenfranchisement, neither George W. Bush or Dick Cheney would have been able to vote in ye...
felons voting
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I agree with this 100 percent. Growing up overseas, I played sports w/ a German city club. Not only is it separate from school, but it allows kids to sample a wide diversity of sports (e.g. squash, handball, track. fencing) in addition to the standard.
sports program in undergraduate schools
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I agree with this 100 percent. Growing up overseas, I played sports w/ a German city club. Not only is it separate from school, but it allows kids to sample a wide diversity of sports (e.g. squash, handball, track. fencing) in addition to the standard.
sport
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I agree with this 100 percent. Growing up overseas, I played sports w/ a German city club. Not only is it separate from school, but it allows kids to sample a wide diversity of sports (e.g. squash, handball, track. fencing) in addition to the standard.
club sports
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I agree with this 100 percent. Growing up overseas, I played sports w/ a German city club. Not only is it separate from school, but it allows kids to sample a wide diversity of sports (e.g. squash, handball, track. fencing) in addition to the standard.
kids playing sports
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
wealthy colleges
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
ivy-league endowments
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
exxon
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
tax breaks
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
exxon
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
college endowments
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
economy
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
harvard
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Exxon provides a public good, too. Our economy would stop without gasoline and other petroleum products. What people object to about huge college endowments is the sense they are more about hoarding and bragging rights than providing scholarships. Harvard is holding $30 billion. That money could provide an education to...
exxon
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The bar exam serves now as the only bulwark against the declining standards resulting from too many law schools being far too eager to lower their admissions standards in pursuit of higher revenue from student tuition. This is solely a problem created by the law schools. Any potential consumer of legal services should ...
law school
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The bar exam serves now as the only bulwark against the declining standards resulting from too many law schools being far too eager to lower their admissions standards in pursuit of higher revenue from student tuition. This is solely a problem created by the law schools. Any potential consumer of legal services should ...
bar exam
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The bar exam serves now as the only bulwark against the declining standards resulting from too many law schools being far too eager to lower their admissions standards in pursuit of higher revenue from student tuition. This is solely a problem created by the law schools. Any potential consumer of legal services should ...
the bar exam
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The bar exam serves now as the only bulwark against the declining standards resulting from too many law schools being far too eager to lower their admissions standards in pursuit of higher revenue from student tuition. This is solely a problem created by the law schools. Any potential consumer of legal services should ...
the bar
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The bar exam serves now as the only bulwark against the declining standards resulting from too many law schools being far too eager to lower their admissions standards in pursuit of higher revenue from student tuition. This is solely a problem created by the law schools. Any potential consumer of legal services should ...
new lawyers
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The bar exam serves now as the only bulwark against the declining standards resulting from too many law schools being far too eager to lower their admissions standards in pursuit of higher revenue from student tuition. This is solely a problem created by the law schools. Any potential consumer of legal services should ...
law school admission standards
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