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'All, I know is that the tutor's name is Mike and that he helped me ace my test.'

--A cortege junior in Washington, D.C., on being tutored online by "Mike" (whose real name is Mahakali Murthy) in Bangalore, India. The use of tutors from overseas is rising in the U.S. [Washington Post, May 15]

'The ruling is a victory for every crooked politician in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .'

--Chairman of the National Whistleblower Center The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax exempt, educational and advocacy organization dedicated to helping whistleblowers. Since its founding in 1988, the Center has used whistleblowers’ disclosures to improve environmental protection, nuclear  on the Supreme Court's decision in May reducing protections for government workers who make complaints about official. misconduct. [Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency.
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'Middle Easterners are just as scared of Al Qaeda as everybody else, but we also have to be worried about being profited as Al Qaeda. It's a double whammy.'

--Maz Jobrani, an Iranian-born, UC Berkeley-educated actor, on the challenges faced by Muslim Americans. [New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
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Publication:New York Times Upfront
Date:Sep 4, 2006
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