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...Founding Principles has spoken, and we would be fools not to listen. Harvard’s first duty is to its country, and its mission is clear; if we’re not educating American citizens, then we’ve lost our raison d’tre. (That’s French.) The threat to Harvard’s integrity posted by the influx of internationals must be crushed immediately...
...personal blog that having one person with Europe’s foreign mandate would answer Henry Kissinger’s famous question: “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” This relates closely with the true raison d’tre for the EU in the first place: keeping the old continent relevant in the modern world...
...Nights,” which featured live music, cheap food and drink, and was a fun place to party. Those events are valuable, but they shouldn’t be the pub’s raison d’tre. The Queen’s Head has simply become the backdrop for such nights, albeit more frequently than in 2005. It remains mostly empty the rest of the time because of this party-night image. It’s true that there may be an additional costs associated with longer hours, but the additional revenues would cover some...
...objectivity to have a vote on any issues, trivial or crucial. From consultation on summer storage to picking the next University president, the UC has thus far failed to show that they are not themselves an unsuccessful bureaucracy merely lobbying for an elusive raison d’tre...
Unfortunately, in the battle for Americans’ hearts and purse strings, hawks still have an edge. But not for much longer. One more Katrina, and instant energy independence will hardly be the most pressing raison d’tre for stringent energy standards. In the meantime, the concern should shift from one of barrels of oil imported to tons of CO2 emitted...