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...ordered. Citing Iran's claims of cooperation in fighting al-Qaeda, a senior Iranian official notes, "There is no need for an unending crisis in U.S.-Iranian relations." But Administration hard-liners oppose any thaw, insisting the only sound policy toward Iran is one pressing for "regime change." --By Adam Zagorin and Scott MacLeod
Senior kicker Adam Kingston booted two kickoffs out of bounds and freshman tailback Clifton Dawson allowed one that would have sailed out of bounds to hit him in the face mask, losing 25 yards in the process...
...high school senior project, Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06 gave a little gift to the world’s MP3 addicts. As students at Phillips Exeter Academy, Zuckerberg and friend Adam D’Angelo created an MP3 player that would keep track of every song the user played on a computer and, as it learned what the user liked, would begin to make playlists...
...comment “Self-Righteous Liberals at 19” (Oct. 14), Luke Smith ’04 defends future CEOs by ridiculing liberal students who “choose [self-interest] as a target for their indignation,” especially “considering Adam Smith’s philosophy in the Wealth of Nations—that self-interest best serves society...
...let’s consider it. Adam Smith based this claim on the logic that if everyone strives to better themselves, competition will insure that quality rises to the top. Smith recognized, however, that for the best to win out, everyone needs to start on an equal playing field; he lectured that “there is no point more difficult to account for than the right we conceive men to have to dispose of their goods after death.” In other words, Smith would have nations abolish inheritance in order to ensure that everyone, regardless...