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...have to insult somebody to assert freedom of the press? Even if the Prophet were portrayed in a glorious light, it would still be insulting. Reprinting the cartoons is even more reprehensible. This is pushing moderate Muslims to the fringes and is like pouring alcohol on a wound. It shows there is some serious resentment out there toward Muslims...
...statement released to The Crimson the morning after Kirby’s resignation, Skocpol said that the Faculty is at a “critical juncture,” and added that “FAS must assert its strength and further its core values—furthering superb undergraduate education and a close relationship between basic research and teaching—while at the same time engaging closely in an ever more integrated University that is undergoing major, much needed expansion, especially in the sciences. We all have our work...
...requires disclosure by "[e]very person having custody of any public record," the parties agree that this phrase does not encompass every private individual holding a document that is a public record, such as a birth certificate or a marriage license. The Crimson does assert, however, that the disclosure requirement should apply to the HUPD, an entity exercising broad police powers...
...patiently poured oil on Capote's roiled waters. She was skittish, slightly wounded but also discreetly sexy in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. She was tough, omnicompetent and smart-mouthed as an FBI agent in The Interpreter. And she did the best she could to assert the reality principle amid the general incompetence of The Ballad of Jack and Rose. In 2005 Catherine Keener was everywhere, in big pictures and small, in hits and flops, quietly but insistently asserting her claim to being possibly the best character actress working today...
...took 20 embarrassing, turnover-laden minutes for Harvard to finally assert itself in the lane against SMU—and by then, it was far too late...