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That would have surprised the Jamestown settlers, who faced an array of challenges, all of them together crushing. It was a project of the London Co., a group of merchants with a royal patent: Imagine that Congress gave Wal-Mart and General Electric permission to colonize Mars. But of necessity, the day-to-day decisions were made in Jamestown, and its leaders were always fighting. Leaders who were incompetent or unpopular--sometimes the most competent were the least popular--were deposed on the spot. The typical 17th century account of Jamestown argues that everything would have gone well if everyone...
...envision a challenge to the Brady Law on the grounds that there shouldn't be background checks for the exercise of a constitutional right," says Dennis Henigan of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Henigan also imagines challenges to the federal machine-gun ban and to a wide array of state licensing and registration laws. And convicted criminals might routinely contest the sentencing laws that increase their jail time for using...
Alterovitz offered numerous tours of the exhibit, which was filled with disco lights and an array of laptops, and explained the potential of his discoveries to students who assaulted him with their questions...
...administrative fiat. That is not to say that there are no legitimate reasons to concentrate student space in a single location or benefits to the move. The new freshman social space in the Yard’s basements has been well received, and the College has provided a fine array of resources in SOCH to mitigate the shift from the river area. But regardless of the facts of the situation, College administrators lost the war of public opinion before it even began. Promises of free trinkets could not overcome irate student groups that made it clear that they would...
...complex one that moves beyond its status on the American list of foreign terrorist organizations. He brings to light many of the group’s other activities, including providing critical services in a region that is often impoverished and ravaged by violence. “Hezbollah offers an array of social services to its constituents that include construction companies, schools, hospitals, dispensaries, and micro-finance initiatives,” he writes. “Hezbollah hospital and clinic staff also treat walk-in patients, regardless of political views or their sect, for only a small...