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...simply given you a chance to win, instead of an actual win? This is Roger Clemens you’ve sent to the hill—not some run-of-the-mill, Game Four-type starter, but actually, according to the pitching setup in the Oakland series, your staff ace. Somehow, I think, you have to be hoping for a little better than five-and-out from your ace...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: Clemens is no Mr. October | 10/24/2001 | See Source »

Harvard has already begun efforts to lobby against Feinstein’s moratorium proposal. Casey said that so far the University is primarily working through the American Council on Education (ACE), a broad-based Washington organization which lobbies on behalf of educational interests. Harvard has also had discussions with the office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) on the University’s opposition to the proposal. Kennedy serves as the chair of the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on immigration...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senator Seeks to Suspend New Visas | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

...ACE sent a letter to university presidents last Friday urging them to personally contact their senators to argue against Feinstein’s proposal. However, Casey said that Harvard’s top administrators have not yet been directly involved in the efforts to defeat the moratorium—although they may take action after the proposals become more concrete...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senator Seeks to Suspend New Visas | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

...this has left a vast audience of admirers at home and abroad wondering what all that Powell charisma and celebrity and promise are being used for. What has happened to make the Bush Administration's ace look like its odd man out? Is it Powell, or the circumstances he's in? Is it something in the Powell makeup, or some combination of rivalry and situation, that holds him back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...this has left a vast audience of admirers at home and abroad wondering what all that Powell charisma and celebrity and promise are being used for. What has happened to make the Bush Administration's ace look like its odd man out? Is it Powell, or the circumstances he's in? Is it something in the Powell makeup, or some combination of rivalry and situation, that holds him back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

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