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...Friend Poniewozik takes issue with, aim at, Moore in an essay you can read here. I'll just say that I can't denounce Moore for not persuading fence-sitters at home because I don't think he was trying to - as if any American could be swayed now by evidence less stark than body bags. The Left's prime prankster was engaging in classic browbeatery, in the bullying, exaggerated, often funny right-wing-talk-radio tradition. I wonder why the Left must always be modulated, so sweetly whisperingly NPR, when the Right has made its voice heard by shouting...
...intent to authorize the use of military force, absent United Nations (U.N.) approval, should Saddam Hussein refuse to leave the country by Wednesday evening. Given America’s position in the global war on terror, its interest in promoting stability in the Middle East and its stated aim of helping the Iraqi people, war at this time seems contrary to America’s goals. We oppose unilateral military action in Iraq...
...University President Lawrence H. Summers pointed out on Tuesday, “almost every other great university in this country does fine with preregistration.” That may be true. But Harvard should aim higher than doing “fine.” The flexibility shopping period provides students is one of the greatest features of Harvard undergraduate education as it stands. Kirby’s recognition of the fundamental value of this system is the foundation upon which he can build real solutions. Now it’s time to get to work...
...pitch for preregistration to senior gift volunteers, and it was presented to the Faculty on Tuesday as the main motivation for preregistration. “The primary goal is to improve instruction,” Wolcowitz told the Faculty. But just as a company’s slogan can aim to conceal its greatest weakness, Wolcowitz’s claim that undergraduates are the reason for preregistration rang hollow to many of the faculty in attendance Tuesday...
...aim, of course, is that every student would get their dollar back and then deny students that right to choose because it would be underfunded,” Sichel said...