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...Tell Us Something New In his article, former history professor Newt Gingrich misstates some facts about the 20th century [March 23]. The Great Depression did not give rise to Nazism or Japanese militarism. It was World War I and its aftermath that set the stage for both Mussolini's march on Rome and Hitler's attempted putsch in Munich. By the time of the Depression, in 1929, the fascists had been in power for years, and the Nazis had been growing in strength for most of the decade. Furthermore, Gingrich's description of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff seems to imply...
...retrieve those undesirable e-mails you “accidentally” sent. You know, like the cover letter you sent that said your resume was attached… it wasn’t. Or the e-mail to your Dean complaining about lack of toilet paper, dated March 20th 3:30 A.M when you realized your lazy roommates stole your last roll. Or the nasty e-mail you sent to your ex/crush/random kid in your math class for, err, looking at you funny. Or any e-mail sent from 2-4:30 A.M (hint: the receiver can see when...
...Spots or Fidos. I think that speaks to what's going on and how we view pets as a part of the family. If you look at older descriptions of dogs on headstones at pet cemeteries, they say things like, "Here lies Fido, a loyal servant." By the mid-20th century it's, "Here lies Fido, my best friend." And nowadays you can go to online tributes to deceased pets and people write things like "Here is Jake, my baby...
...Rhoads said. “On a course like this, to not be approaching well and still shoot a pretty darn good score—that’s very impressive.” Sophomore Mia Kabasakalis finished with an eight-over-par 80, tied for 17th, and in 20th place was senior Ali Bode with an 82. Juniors Caroline Vik and Sarah Harvey rounded out the pack with 93 and 97, respectively. With its West Coast swing now over, Harvard must readjust to the conditions of its home turf. “Now we’re going...
...result of the collapse of a shadow banking system that grew over the past 30 years to rival the traditional banking system in size but lacked all four of the safeguards that had been imposed after repeated collapses of the traditional system in the early part of the 20th century...