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...White House responded nimbly, putting the President on television immediately and releasing an unusually detailed account of how he learned the news. Now, Bush's team hopes to capitalize by playing up a previously scheduled retreat on Iraq at Camp David, to be held early next week. U.S. officials and their counterparts in the new Iraqi government will be joined electronically to discuss how the White House can help, and how much responsibility it can cede back to the home team...
...public relations operation may be less significant than some observers contend, however. According to Joe Wrinn, the director of the Harvard News Office, the staff of the office grew by just two positions under Summers’ tenure—from 29 to 31. That does not take into account any changes at the 11 other news offices at Harvard. ‘HARVARD’S PRAVDA’As news of Summers’ resignation under fire made national headlines and riveted the faculty, the Gazette conspicuously ignored the furor. Only a reference...
...well-spent. Even though you didn’t have the perfect Harvard experience, you know that you have grown by being at Harvard. Currently, you figure that you will give back in the future, as long as it is possible. You might give back with your bank account. You might give back with your time, volunteering to do alumni interviews. You might give back by helping recruit the best talent for Harvard. The biggest problem with your intentions is the fact that they are just that, intentions. Your efforts are being delayed like a Continental Airlines flight...
...winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University to calculate the mind-boggling quantity. They presented their findings at a conference in Boston this past January.Bilmes and Stiglitz say their estimate is four times the projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). But that CBO sum only takes into account the direct costs of waging the war, according to Bilmes’ paper, and it does not include the money the government must spend to replace worn military equipment or care for disabled veterans. A CBO spokeswoman declined to comment on the matter.As well as calculating the broader budgetary costs...
...sections—each class used to be divided into four sections—or through a combination of their grades and their scores on an annual writing competition, a process designed to preserve absolute objectivity.But the 1981 editors felt it necessary for their admission policy to take into account the underrepresentation of minorities and women. Under their modified plan, the top four students in each first-year section would still be elected to the Review, but the fifth spot would be reserved for the top-scoring minority student among the top 25, and if no such minority student existed...