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Murphy said that for Harvard, participating in playoffs might actually mitigate some of the excitement of The Game, the Crimson’s perennial season-ending match against arch-rival Yale. “I think in some respects, it might be anti-climatic,” Murphy said...
...made waves with his announcement of an immediate withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. But the sweeping agenda of progressive social policy is what has truly marked Zapatero's term. He pushed through major women's-rights legislation, including parity in electoral lists, equal-pay provisions, and a comprehensive anti-domestic-violence law in a country still suffering the ill effects of machismo. An "express divorce" law was passed to make ending a marriage quicker and easier. Zapatero also signed a far-reaching amnesty for illegal immigrants and their families...
...they do not approach passersby themselves, the Scientologists are quick to laud their faith to those who show interest. The religion recently became well-known thanks to celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, but leaves many wary because of its controversial views on a range of topics from anti-depressants to extraterrestrials. Some, however, for the very same reasons, may be curious. For those daring enough to approach them, the Scientology solicitors are more than willing to talk and even claim to be able to help combat some of that second semester stress.Adam N. Sternthal...
...seems to go hand-in-hand with an obsessive hatred of Hillary Clinton. The more Obama’s supporters idolize him as a Messianic, transformative figure, rather than simply supporting him because of his political position or qualifications, the more they attempt to demonize Hillary Clinton as the anti-Obama—the calculating, deceptive anti-Christ out to sabotage Obama’s chances of becoming president. While Clinton-bashing was once solely the domain of the Right, Obama supporters have recently entered the fray with a barrage of anti-Hillary videos and blog posts...
...flair for conceding the small points that aren't worth arguing about. This pattern was most visible in an unexpected exchange over whether Obama has sufficiently distanced himself from Louis Farrakhan's expressions of support for his candidacy. After Obama had said he has long denounced Farrakhan's anti-Semitic statements, Clinton said Obama had to do more and flat-out reject his support. Obama, sensing a tiny opening that Clinton had carved in his performance, asked whether there was much of a semantic difference between the words "reject" and "denounce," but then defused the situation by ceding the point...