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Kay Bradley

Candidates and the Truth About America - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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america exceptionalism statistics world rank nytimes com

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  • dismal statistics on child poverty, declaring it an outrage that of the 35 most economically advanced countries, the United States ranks 34th, edging out only Romania
  • educational achievement, noting that this country comes in only 28th in the percentage of 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool
  • 14th in the percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds with a higher education
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  • infant mortality, where the United States ranks worse than 48 other countries and territories,
  • the United States trails most of Europe, Australia and Canada in social mobility.
  • America is indeed No. 1, he might declare — in locking its citizens up, with an incarceration rate far higher than that of the likes of Russia, Cuba, Iran or China
  • in obesity, easily outweighing second-place Mexico and with nearly 10 times the rate of Japan
  • in energy use per person, with double the consumption of prosperous Germany.
  • This national characteristic, often labeled American exceptionalism, may inspire some people and politicians to perform heroically, rising to the level of our self-image
  • Democrats are more loath than Republicans to look squarely at the government debt crisis indisputably looming with the aging of baby boomers and the ballooning cost of Medicare
  • the self-censorship it produces in politicians is bipartisan, even if it is more pronounced on the left for some issues and the right for others.
  • epublicans are more reluctant than Democrats to acknowledge the rise of global temperatures and its causes and consequences.
  • An American politician who speaks too candidly about the country’s faults, she went on to say, risks being labeled with that most devastating of epithets: un-American.
Kay Bradley

Repairing Pakistan - Video Library - The New York Times - 0 views

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Pakistan

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  • Kay Bradley on 30 Aug 10
     
    Video on infrastructure repair--worst flood in a century
Annie Wanless

Wall Street Protesters Speak - Video Library - The New York Times - 1 views

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wall street

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  • Annie Wanless on 09 Oct 11
     
    Video interviewing some of the people occupying wall street. Mentions how they don't really have common goals yet. It's interesting to see the type - and diversity - of people involved in the movement.
  • ellie davis on 16 Oct 11
     
    This is an important video to watch because it hits all of the complaints people have about this movement. It is also directly from those participating, as opposed to opinions that have been misconstrued and taken out of context by the media.
mary goglio

Home - Japan Earthquake, Tsunami & Nuclear Crisis - LibGuides at COM Library - 0 views

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Japan Nuclear

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  • mary goglio on 20 Oct 11
     
    It looks like this gets updated frequently.
janh97

In 'New' Mexican Politics, Some Old Tricks - 0 views

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  • janh97 on 14 Nov 14
     
    This article is about the elections in 1997 in Mexico
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