"Lisa Anderson" is an American political scientist and the current President of the American University in Cairo (AUC). A specialist on Middle Eastern and North African politics, Anderson served as the Provost of AUC from 2008 to 2010. Prior to joining AUC, Anderson served as the James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations at Columbia University, the dean of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, the chair of the political science department and the director of the Middle East Institute]. Previously, she was an assistant professor of government and social studies at Harvard University.

Anderson is the former president of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and former chair of the board of the Social Science Research Council. Anderson is also a former member of the Council of the American Political Science Association and served on the board of the [http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/index.html Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs]. She is member emerita of the board of Human Rights Watch, where she served as co-chair of Human Rights Watch/Middle East, co-chair of the International Advisory Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and member of the International Advisory Council of the World Congress for Middle East Studies. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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It's about consciously creating the second half of our lives.

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Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.

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They don't want to be taken out of circulation. They want to unplug from the pressures, yes, but they want to plug back in to something they're passionate about: Maybe they always wanted to make violins or save the homeless kids on the mall. Now, the mortgage and orthodontic-bill pressure is gone and they can do things they've always wanted to do.

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That image of the common drunk is a myth. There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very well be a mother of four, a welder or a distinguished business person. These people build up a tolerance and manage to still maintain their daily lifestyles while constantly struggling with this disease, because it is a recognized disease by the American Medical Association.

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I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.

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He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.'

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This is a great opportunity for our high school youth to give back to the community.

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It involves a lot of monitoring.

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