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...hindsight it is easy to evaluate what should have been done in the case of Vitaly Yurchenko [NATION, Nov. 18]. Though the CIA officials in this instance may have acted naively, any repression of Yurchenko would have been a far greater mistake. The world should applaud the U.S. for allowing Yurchenko to make and carry out his own decision on what his future would be. We in the U.S. should see this as a triumph rather than a failure. Richard S. Wagman Lawrenceville...
...meeting, the President had Kang autograph a copy of his memoir, then asked, "If Kim Jong Il knew I met you, don't you think he'd hate this?'' Kang, Bush aides later said, smiled and replied: "The people in the concentration camps will applaud...
...would expect a candidate in her field to have published considerably more than she has published so far. What Penn has done might be called a preemptive strike, and I applaud them for their cleverness, but we have very vigorous standards for promotion from within, and a crucial aspect of those standards is a candidate’s record,” Gates says...
...that called for a 24-hour library and cited survey data demonstrating tremendous student support for the change, the Harvard College Library finally agreed this year to a two-year pilot program that will see Lamont stay open around-the-clock during the academic workweek, beginning fall 2005. We applaud the UC’s persistence in advocating a policy change that is sure to benefit undergraduates come September...
...traditional room parties. (On the other hand, it’s been a while since we’ve heard the walls vibrate at 21 South St., and the Sorrento Square stoop continued its tradition of perpetual lameness.) Since student groups comprise students’ primary social circles, we applaud the efforts of the Office of the Dean of the College to reconsider its recognition of student groups, including those that are not currently coed. Finally, it’s easy to overlook the contribution of Felipe’s Taqueria to the late-late-night scene. Routinely pushing past...