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It feels good to have achieved this high a level of education, and done so while volunteering my time to the less-fortunate, making lifelong friends and accomplishing as much as I could squeeze into the workweek while still having time to saber a champagne bottle or two on weekends.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
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It feels good to have achieved this high a level of education, and done so while volunteering my time to the less-fortunate, making lifelong friends and accomplishing as much as I could squeeze into the workweek while still having time to saber a champagne bottle or two on weekends.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
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Sure, at first it sounds disgusting, unsanitary and even demeaning to the less-fortunate.
Pigeon: The other, other white meat? Tyler 2009
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Of course, the children of the elite and well-connected will still attend the best schools, unfettered by standardized testing and with a strong motivation to learn since they are almost guaranteed a bright future compared to their less-fortunate "standardized" fellow-students and traumatized teachers.
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Are Politicians 'Dumbing Us Down?' Joel Shatzky 2011
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Sure, at first it sounds disgusting, unsanitary and even demeaning to the less-fortunate.
Archive 2009-03-01 Tyler 2009
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The reality is that we don't want to kill our planet, no one wants to see anyone else suffer if it can be avoided, and those who benefit most should give back at least to the same degree that their less-fortunate counterparts do.
Bill Swadley: Reality Has a Liberal Bias Bill Swadley 2011
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As we approach the rut, the ability to read and interpret sign will often separate successful hunters from the less-fortunate.
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This would still put the city ahead of other less-fortunate towns like Philadelphia, Denver and Washington, D.C.
NY Nears Boston's Title Mark Matthew Futterman 2011
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The reality is that we don't want to kill our planet, no one wants to see anyone else suffer if it can be avoided, and those who benefit most should give back at least to the same degree that their less-fortunate counterparts do.
Bill Swadley: Reality Has a Liberal Bias Bill Swadley 2011
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Of course, the children of the elite and well-connected will still attend the best schools, unfettered by standardized testing and with a strong motivation to learn since they are almost guaranteed a bright future compared to their less-fortunate "standardized" fellow-students and traumatized teachers.
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Are Politicians 'Dumbing Us Down?' Joel Shatzky 2011
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