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...much smaller group of religious conservatives attending the conference who couldn't resist the opportunity to dust off their flamethrowers and aim them squarely at the rest of their party. On Saturday afternoon, a group of about 45 huddled privately to hear Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, handicap the 2008 race. And out of that two-hour rump session came the warning that within 48 hours landed in every political inbox: If Republicans go ahead and nominate the "pro-abortion" Rudy Giuliani, social conservatives will consider a third-party candidate in 2008. Republican leaders, explains conservative patriarch...
Marc K. Bhargava ’08, a resident of Eliot House’s Ground Zero party suite, said that the dean’s aim to increase student safety by ending the party grants program will likely backfire. More students will attend final clubs parties instead, he predicted, leading to situations where “excessive drinking is even more likely to prevail...
...main charge is to foster faculty development across the University and push for recruitment of women and minorities. The office’s website encourages schools within the University to submit applications for pilot funds that aim to “improve Harvard’s performance in developing scholars at all stages of the academic career ladder.” Jonathan Colburn, communications coordinator for the FD&D, notes that the fund is intended to promote the development of all faculty, regardless of previous representation. “Certainly all manner of faculty have applied for our pilot programs...
...attention that lectures do not. So by (allegedly) restricting Core courses to those that don’t limit the number of students, the Core Office restricts some of the best classes from counting for credit. These are the courses that are arguably better at, for example, achieving the aim of “develop[ing] students’ comprehension of history as a form of inquiry and understanding,” as Historical Studies courses are supposed to do according to the 33-page guide. Yet for some reason they don’t count. Shouldn?...
...Logan, which Renault builds in Romania and Russia and costs as little as $7,200--about 40% less than rival sedans--quickly took off in wealthier Western Europe as well. The car now sells in more than 50 countries, and Renault is struggling to meet demand. "Our aim is to produce the most affordable car in its segment, and because we're doing that well, we're starting to see more affluent buyers and families buying Logans as their second and third cars," says Sylvain Bilaine, managing director of Renault India, where the model launched earlier this year...