Broken promises: That's a theme at the center of the campaign rhetoric of the two leading Republican candidates for president, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, and a plausible explanation for the failure of the establishment candidates.
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In the 1970s, psychology professor Pauline Rose Clance noticed that many of the accomplished female students who sought counseling at Oberlin College, where she worked part time, had a curious mental habit.
Despite strong track records, these women felt that they didn’t deserve their success.
They attributed their achievements to luck and felt sure that they would be “found out” and kicked out of school.
“I saw these people who had gone to the best schools... Читать дальше...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government would soon be one year old. Since it’s inauguration on May 29, 2015, the administration has witnessed different political scheming that may limit the chances of the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC), come 2019 when the administration is expected to seek re-election. Although often downplayed as party or family affairs, […]
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For all the hoopla about CRISPR, the revolutionary genome-editing technology has a dirty little secret: it’s a very messy business.
Scientists basically whack the famed double helix with a molecular machete, often triggering the cell’s DNA repair machinery to make all sorts of unwanted changes to the genome beyond what they intended.
On Wednesday, researcher unveiled in Nature a significant improvement — a new CRISPR system that can switch single letters of the genome cleanly and efficiently... Читать дальше...
The NGT on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to the Ghaziabad district administration and the municipal authorities over alarming levels of pollution in the town.
Police on Thursday acquired the CCTV footage of 21-year-old BTech student Ritu Yadav lifting a skin toner from a departmental store in Greater Noida last week and also recovered the stolen lotion from the cupboard of her apartment in NRI City that she shared with four other
A day after TOI reported that the Greater Noida Industrial Authority (GNIDA) has asked Supertech to seal 1,009 residential units at its Czar project in Greater Noida for violating the sanctioned plan, angry homebuyers gheraoed one of the company's directors, P K Goel, on Thursday and
The bail plea of BSP's Rajya Sabha MP Narendra Kashyap, which was scheduled for hearing in a Ghaziabad court on Thursday, has been postponed to April 26. An application was filed in the Ghaziabad district court to secure bail for Kashyap, his wife Devendri and son Sagar.
A festering degree dispute turned violent as students of the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) boycotted classes and went on the rampage on Thursday, damaging college buses, cars and windowpanes among other items on campus.
Seeking a rollback of the hike in the annual tuition fee, parents protested outside a private school in Noida on Thursday. Terming the hike arbitrary, they claimed that the school had increased the fee by 14% without giving prior information.
District magistrate N P Singh held a meeting on stamp duty and freeing water bodies of encroachments at his camp office in Sector 27 on Thursday. During the meeting, Singh asked the officers to verify all the water bodies in the district and ensure their protection.
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Security, China, South China Sea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea
China’s man-made islands do not imperil U.S. national security. So why are we the first line of defense?
The latest in tensions between the United States and China is the landing of a Chinese military aircraft on Fiery Cross Reef, one of several man-made islands built by China in the Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea. The Chinese claim the landing was for a humanitarian operation to evacuate three ill workers... Читать дальше...
Editor’s note: The former minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been in the news lately following her accusation that governors who served during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan prevented the administration from saving even though the country was making a lot of money due to the booming price of oil sold at $150 per […]
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US pop star Prince, the 57-year-old whose hits included "Purple Rain" and "Kiss," was found unresponsive on Thursday at his Minnesota home and was later declared dead, U.S. media reports said.
As he did so many times as a player, John Elway was willing to play it cool as the clock ticks toward the draft, with his team left with a pretty glaring hole at quarterback. In addition to mentioning the possibility of signing Brian Hoyer, Elway also left the door open regarding a rumored deal for 49ers quarterback…
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Wall Street is sinking.
The big banks had a lousy first quarter. Hedge funds are getting pummeled. Regular institutional investors are flailing.
And they're all dragging each other down.
Goldman Sachs CFO Harvey Schwartz said on a recent conference call that nearly 80% of the largest active US equity mutual funds underperformed their benchmarks in the first quarter.
That hurts firms like Goldman, which have big equity businesses. In particular... Читать дальше...
Neville Shende, fleet operations manager for Pioneer Coach, was the driver for Prince on the Musicology tour in 2004. Somewhere along the Texas...
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds a campaign rally at the Santander Performing Arts Center in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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CHANTILLY, Va., April 21 (UPI) -- Engility continues work for the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
House Republicans sidestepped the divisive fight over displays of the Confederate battle flag at the U.S. Capitol with plans to put up state coins instead. … Click to Continue »
Democratic legislators are pushing for additional funding to educate Wisconsin voters about the state's voter identification requirement. … Click to Continue »
,,Hij zal ook de geschiedenis ingaan als een artiest met een obsessie voor auteursrecht'', aldus een Franse journalist in een verder juichende necrologie. De Prins is dood, leve de rechten. Want iedereen die donderdag googlet op muziek en video's van het fenomeen zal niet veel vinden.
FBI Director James Comey says government ‘paid a lot’ for tool, but ‘it was worth it.’