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...Part of that controversial move was the decision to also abstain from the Division I-AA playoffs, a move that Orleans became well-known for defending. The argument voiced by the Ivy League’s presidents, then and now, is that football is just different from other sports, and that the pursuit of gridiron glory would encourage Ivy schools to cut academic corners in pursuit of highly skilled athletes...
...number one priority”—and entreated the United States to follow suit. “There is a domestic part and an international part to our [environmental] legislation,” Dimas said. “The domestic part is giving us the moral argument to ask other countries—not only developing countries but also countries like the U.S.—to come along and participate in fighting climate change.” Dimas touted several recent pieces of legislation as evidence of Europe’s leadership role in environmental issues, including...
...detainees from the general prison population until individually cleared of suspicion by the FBI." The U.S. District Court of New York dismissed most of his claims, which the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in June 2007. But the Appeals court also found the parts of Iqbal's argument alleging the involvement of Mueller and Ashcroft to be plausible. Among Iqbal's evidence: a memo from Ashcroft sent to subordinates "outlining how the classification system for Arab and Muslim detainees would be carried out." What's at Stake: Defining the proper procedures for identifying and interrogating suspected terrorists...
...said. “Forget about Harvard. Forget about all the other prestigious institutions you have gone through.” The discussion panel was organized by the Humanities Center’s undergraduate committee. Kim said that the purpose of the discussion panel was not to start an argument between students and Deresiewicz, but instead to “talk about what the purpose of elite education should really be.” “I just really hope that this becomes a forum that inspires more discussions,” Kim said...
...going to take more of the same, it's going to take change ... Experience is the excuse of the incumbent over the ages. Experience is what they always say when they try to stop change." Worryingly for Cameron, British voters have often proved susceptible to exactly that argument, especially at times of crisis. Among the casualties of America's turbulence may be Cameron's hopes of an easy stroll into 10 Downing...