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Wrinn said that if Harvard does not assert the right to its name, there is the potential that it could have to ask HPHC for permission to use the Harvard name if it wanted to enter a field in competition to the plan...
...Although Mailer often appears reckless and on the cutting edge of society, most of his exploits appear to be vain attempts to attract attention or to escape an inferiority complex. He seems consumed by a constant drive to prove his masculinity and assert his sexuality. In addition, Dearborn details Mailer's substance abuse, from alcohol to marijuana to prescription pills. In addition, and some would say as a result, Mailer had trouble establishing positive relationships with women. He hardly endeared himself to feminists with lines like "I like to marry women whom I can beat once in a while...
...Colombia is intended for the war against drugs, but the line between counter-narcotics operations and counterinsurgency is blurred by both sides in Colombia's 40-year civil war: Leftist guerrillas, dubbed "narco-terrorists" by Washington, are believed to finance themselves via the drug trade; but human rights groups assert that neither side is entirely innocent of involvement in the narcotics industry. And the reports that the U.S.-backed military is cooperating with paramilitary groups that have killed thousands of civilians won't do anything to allay the fears of legislators on Capitol Hill concerned that deepening involvement in Colombia...
...revolution. Supposedly instituted to redistribute wealth to the needy, the bonyads operate as little more than corporate monopolies. Above the law, they are neither subjected to audits, nor believed to pay taxes. By making the bonyads more answerable to government, Khatami can both help to reinvigorate the economy and assert the importance of democratic accountability...
...John is definitely trying to, in light of the controversy, assert the fact that he is the vice president," Griffin told The Crimson...