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...must] show the public that we are not cowards,” said Arthur Kleinman, chair of the anthropology department, in one of last February’s raucous Faculty meetings. “[We must] debate openly whether [Summers’ plans] are the social and scholarly agenda that we want pushed from Mass. Hall,” added Professor of Anthropology and of African American Studies J. Lorand Matory...
...seems even among those who did show up, the audience was woefully unprepared and uninformed. After bickering for 45 minutes over the technicalities of parliamentary procedure, the Faculty voted on only one of the issues on the agenda: introducing secondary fields. Although the group eventually reached near unanimity on approving Harvard’s version of minors, the time wasted on minutia and clarifications—points that should have been scrutinized during the past six months during which the legislation has remained untouched—delayed a vote on the second proposed change, which suggests moving concentration choice...
...Religion and Ethics” section of the book speaks most directly to what appears to be Palmer’s main agenda...
...Capitol Hill last week, it was almost as if the two parties had decided to switch roles. At a press briefing, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer was declaring, "Republicans don't have an agenda," a critique Republicans usually hurl at Democrats. The next day Hoyer and other Democrats from the Senate and House, along with state governors, got together to announce the party's unified plan for improving America's national security...
...contrast, on many key issues, Republicans can't find much agreement. Moderates and conservatives in House will spend this week battling over proposed spending cuts in the budget, while Republicans in the Senate fight about immigration reform. President Bush's domestic agenda, from health savings accounts to a commission to reform Social Security and other entitlement plans, has drawn little enthusiasm on Capitol Hill...